For those retired....what do you enjoy most?

[vabiker23518]

Of course! Now what is the goal for your bear and deer, this season? Remember, one must have goals in retirement.

:laughing:
"She, who must be obeyed" has declared that the freezer is nearly empty...and it takes a minimum of four deer or 2 deer and 1 bear to refill! Seriously, I'll just enjoy being at the cabin and not having to rush up Friday afternoon and rush back home Sunday to be at work.

 

[riptides]

:laughing:
"She, who must be obeyed" has declared that the freezer is nearly empty...and it takes a minimum of four deer or 2 deer and 1 bear to refill! Seriously, I'll just enjoy being at the cabin and not having to rush up Friday afternoon and rush back home Sunday to be at work.

I have found that my own personal refig/freezer works best for this part of my life.

 

[Ibow]

Interesting thread to read through.
I am 58 1/2 years old now and plan to retire from 36 years of line & substation work for the electric utility here in Michigan. I have to say that while I'm ready to leave, my job has been one of the many blessings in life that I have enjoyed. I don't hate my job. I love my job. But I think most people know when the time comes to leave. That time is growing closer for me. While I've enjoyed it, it's time to move on and do something else.
I recently bought a John Deere 2520 with a bucket and backhoe and my plan is to do a little light excavating and landscape work. I don't ever see a day when I'll quit working but it will be nice to do each day what I want to do. My wife and I are also very involved in our church and we both look forward to having more time to devote to that as well.
Best wishes to all of those who have retired and to those who anticipate retiring soon.

 

[TaterinTexas]

I am so envious of those of you who have been able to retire. I am 53, have been practicing law with a big firm for the last 18 of the 28 years I have been practicing. I hate my job so bad it hurts. I die a little more each day I do it.

I was well on the way to socking away enough money to get out of this job but then my effective tax rate went up to 49% between the expiration of the Bush tax cuts and the added Obamacare FICA/Medicare tax increases. So my plans have been derailed a bit. I cannot wait for the day I can decide what I want to do during the day and when I want to do it.

 

[riptides]

I am so envious of those of you who have been able to retire. I am 53, have been practicing law with a big firm for the last 18 of the 28 years I have been practicing. I hate my job so bad it hurts. I die a little more each day I do it.

I was well on the way to socking away enough money to get out of this job but then my effective tax rate went up to 49% between the expiration of the Bush tax cuts and the added Obamacare FICA/Medicare tax increases. So my plans have been derailed a bit. I cannot wait for the day I can decide what I want to do during the day and when I want to do it.

My shock was the over 700 percent increase in medical insurance costs, moving from the corporate world to that of mercenary mode. It's all about taxation and medical coverage, before you reach that "right" age.

 

[MacLawn]

Hang in TEXAStater! Ye'll make it. Get out o' debt.

 

[TaterinTexas]

Hang in TEXAStater! Ye'll make it. Get out o' debt.

That's the thing. I don't have a penny of debt. I have a wife who demanded to have more kids than I wanted to, and demanded they all go to private school, and demanded that we pay for 100% of their college costs, including living expenses. All that stuff adds up.

 

[the old grind]

IMO, 'socking away' is HUGE! So many friends ~half my age envy my free time, but what's not obvious to them is the typical 50% reduction in income. In general and not to direct this to anyone in particular, just having your house/spread paid for is not the key to comfortable living in retirement! You'd still have all the other expenses, and inflation to complicate the matter.

What I learned from 'max'-ing my sock-aways the last several years I worked was a return to living economically as in my early years. When going on pension and SS the transition was less dramatic since my period of heavy contributing was over. 'Be pepared' isn't just for Boy Scouts.

Retired nearly 7 years now I have my bikes, my tractors, and my clunky war rifle collection & still spend less than I have coming in because time means more than money at my age. What I envy is having more kids (than one) to leave something to ...

 

[TaterinTexas]

IMO, 'socking away' is HUGE! So many friends ~half my age envy my free time, but what's not obvious to them is the typical 50% reduction in income. In general and not to direct this to anyone in particular, just having your house/spread paid for is not the key to comfortable living in retirement! You'd still have all the other expenses, and inflation to complicate the matter.

What I learned from 'max'-ing my sock-aways the last several years I worked was a return to living economically as in my early years. When going on pension and SS the transition was less dramatic since my period of heavy contributing was over. 'Be pepared' isn't just for Boy Scouts.

Retired nearly 7 years now I have my bikes, my tractors, and my clunky war rifle collection & still spend less than I have coming in because time means more than money at my age. What I envy is having more kids (than one) to leave something to ...

I can loan you a couple.

 

[turnerbend]

Life is good........