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re: I have worked 41 years for the same company and calling it quits today!
Posted on 3/2/26 at 9:21 pm to Uvaldie Slim
Posted on 3/2/26 at 9:21 pm to Uvaldie Slim
Retired Jan 1, 2022 and have absolutely loved it. I did work 6 months in 24 because I was offered more money to do a project than should be allowed and I was over my full retirement age so..no SS penalty.
Slim, stay active, find something to keep your mind and body moving, don't let the small things upset you and just by God enjoy it.
Slim, stay active, find something to keep your mind and body moving, don't let the small things upset you and just by God enjoy it.
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Posted on 3/2/26 at 10:16 pm to Uvaldie Slim
Congratulations uv Slim, hope you got plenty to keep you busy for the first few years!
This post was edited on 3/2/26 at 10:18 pm
Posted on 3/2/26 at 10:20 pm to Ramblin Wreck
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When I pass my kids will get a windfall from my unused inheritance from my dad and what my savings are. A lot of young adults are and will be inheriting huge sums of money. It explains why I often pass multi million dollar homes and see newborn baby bows hung on their mailbox. I doubt those are people my age having newborns.
Not sure where you live, but i think what you should have said are that those things are true “in my circles”.. obviously most dont care about the poors , but i think what you’re seeing isn’t representative of most Americans .
As far as all the “multi-million dollar homes and baby bows” youre passing all the time- the vast majority of them are broke, in debt, and showing off on social media the same shite you’re seeing from your F250.. they are try-hards, trying to ‘keep up with the (fill in the last name)’ and trying to impress people they don’t even like .
Posted on 3/3/26 at 11:46 am to shutterspeed
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What do you do with your time now?
This is a great question…and one of my concerns approaching retirement. That is honestly the reason most people don’t retire sooner.
I actually have found a lot more to do in retirement than I ever thought I would. If you start noticing, there are all kinds of programs to do constructive, worthwhile activity. For instance, I am working on getting my Master Naturalist certification. That will enable me to periodically run a route of trail cameras set up to inventory and catalog wildlife in my area. They also do something similar on the coast.
My point is, you do not need to have a fortune saved to travel the world in order to keep yourself occupied in retirement. Now, that’s okay if that is what you choose. However, if you screw around and work too long, your wife’s next husband will be spending the money that you worked for while you are taking a “dirt nap”!
Posted on 3/3/26 at 12:01 pm to Uvaldie Slim
good luck to you for a long and happy retirement
Posted on 3/3/26 at 1:55 pm to forkedintheroad
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I am fully expecting not to get to experience retirement, at least not in the traditional sense of never working again.
The enemy of the future I hear often is “I deserve”. As in, “I deserve a new IPhone, car, etc.”
You can retire but it takes decades of forgoing the thing you want NOW for the thing you want (retirement).
I’d really like and can afford a new corvette. I drive a used economy car. I don’t have a “flagship” cell phone, I carry a 200 dollar one, etc.
All that money gets invested. Over a long enough timeline, you can retire, just like the OP.
Posted on 3/3/26 at 2:09 pm to Uvaldie Slim
Congrats! Proud to be your 700th upvote!
Posted on 3/3/26 at 4:24 pm to Uvaldie Slim
Congratulations and im sorry fir your loss. Enjoy your time off you deserve it brother
Posted on 3/3/26 at 4:30 pm to Ramblin Wreck
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I disagree. My dad is a baby boomer and a huge saver even on a small income. I’m Generation X and invested very well so I won’t need any inheritance I get from him. When I pass my kids will get a windfall from my unused inheritance from my dad and what my savings are. A lot of young adults are and will be inheriting huge sums of money. It explains why I often pass multi million dollar homes and see newborn baby bows hung on their mailbox. I doubt those are people my age having newborns.
Life expectancy is in the mid 70s for men, later for women.
It won’t be “young” adults inheriting much of anything. 40-50 year olds who, if you raised them right, won’t need it anyway. Enjoy your money.
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