@baqui63 Congratulations!
We must have started around the same time - I retired 5 years ago after 42 years of shuffling 1’s and 0’s into commercially desirable sequences.
I find that I miss it less every year…
@baqui63@macromeh do you have any tips on when to take out and repay loans? I did the stupid thing and had paid for the entirety of a repair project from the principal sitting from my 401k and realized too late that would affect my monthly stipend.
@baqui63
Congrats on your upcoming retirement. Wish I’d had a job where I could have accumulated 5 months of paid time when I quit working.
Though I technically retired 2 years ago after 30+ years in our ER I have continued to work PRN (as needed) about two to four times a month. That helps keep my skills up, I get to see (some) people I enjoy, it helps with staffing, and since it’s a small community hospital I see people that I know from the community there. I’ll continue to do that as long as I am physically, emotionally, and/or intellectually able, most likely.
As for the remainder of my time, I’m constantly baffled by people who claim they are bored after they retire! I have way more projects and desired trips than I have time for. Of course YMMV
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The five months’ paid leave (called Travia) is half my 160 sick days, ie. 80 days, plus a ~27 day bonus for being at the 160 day cap. Thursdays and Fridays off thru Sept 11 is from accrued vacation days (the ones I don’t use get paid as a lump sum at the end of Travia).
Our CIO has promised me all the work I want after Sept 11, tho until Feb 14 I’m only allowed 75 hours total (~4 hours a week).
I am not actually worried about being bored… my project and honey-do lists, veggie and herb gardens, grandkids and travel will keep me plenty busy and work can fill any gaps if I don’t want to just sleep.
@baqui63
Damn… That last paragraph sounds like I wrote it!
I have been REALLY enjoying “retirement” with my wife. Spending time with the cats in the morning while reading the paper (or interacting here), traveling (we have upcoming trips to Colorado [with grandkids], Vermont and Montreal [with friends and SIL], and Costa Rica [where 8 of us will spend Christmas]) plus some shorter (2-3 day trips) to visit friends in close (<5-6 hr) driving distance. I just took a bunch of veggies to friends we met for dinner and to go see a play at the local Shakespeare festival last night. Pool time, cooking, routine home maintenance, workshop projects, vine reviews and preparing an RV for sale take up a lot of the rest. I still work two to four shifts a month in my local ER (I’ll be there next Tuesday and Thursday). Currently I have time set aside for the scheduled FIFA USA or France games. Looking forward even more eagerly to the round of 32 now that the UNMT is guaranteed a berth. Don’t have much doubt that France will make it out of their group as well. So yeah, I don’t get bored. TL:DR Enjoy your retirement. God knows I do!!
A mix of all things.
@cbilyak
All of the above would have been a good choice.
Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there.
Why not a time to relax @ the Party. Work is for sissies!
A time to stay indoors in the AC as much as possible
A time to wind down my IT career of ~47 years.
I’m working three days a week (M,Tu,W) thru Sept 11, then no days a week thru Feb 14, and then I’ll be completely off payroll and fully retired.
Tho I expect to be bored and continue to work part time.
@baqui63 Congratulations!
We must have started around the same time - I retired 5 years ago after 42 years of shuffling 1’s and 0’s into commercially desirable sequences.
I find that I miss it less every year…
@baqui63 @macromeh do you have any tips on when to take out and repay loans? I did the stupid thing and had paid for the entirety of a repair project from the principal sitting from my 401k and realized too late that would affect my monthly stipend.
@baqui63
Congrats on your upcoming retirement. Wish I’d had a job where I could have accumulated 5 months of paid time when I quit working.
Though I technically retired 2 years ago after 30+ years in our ER I have continued to work PRN (as needed) about two to four times a month. That helps keep my skills up, I get to see (some) people I enjoy, it helps with staffing, and since it’s a small community hospital I see people that I know from the community there. I’ll continue to do that as long as I am physically, emotionally, and/or intellectually able, most likely.
As for the remainder of my time, I’m constantly baffled by people who claim they are bored after they retire! I have way more projects and desired trips than I have time for. Of course YMMV
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@chienfou Thanks.
The five months’ paid leave (called Travia) is half my 160 sick days, ie. 80 days, plus a ~27 day bonus for being at the 160 day cap. Thursdays and Fridays off thru Sept 11 is from accrued vacation days (the ones I don’t use get paid as a lump sum at the end of Travia).
Our CIO has promised me all the work I want after Sept 11, tho until Feb 14 I’m only allowed 75 hours total (~4 hours a week).
I am not actually worried about being bored… my project and honey-do lists, veggie and herb gardens, grandkids and travel will keep me plenty busy and work can fill any gaps if I don’t want to just sleep.
@baqui63
Damn… That last paragraph sounds like I wrote it!
I have been REALLY enjoying “retirement” with my wife. Spending time with the cats in the morning while reading the paper (or interacting here), traveling (we have upcoming trips to Colorado [with grandkids], Vermont and Montreal [with friends and SIL], and Costa Rica [where 8 of us will spend Christmas]) plus some shorter (2-3 day trips) to visit friends in close (<5-6 hr) driving distance. I just took a bunch of veggies to friends we met for dinner and to go see a play at the local Shakespeare festival last night. Pool time, cooking, routine home maintenance, workshop projects, vine reviews and preparing an RV for sale take up a lot of the rest. I still work two to four shifts a month in my local ER (I’ll be there next Tuesday and Thursday). Currently I have time set aside for the scheduled FIFA USA or France games. Looking forward even more eagerly to the round of 32 now that the UNMT is guaranteed a berth. Don’t have much doubt that France will make it out of their group as well. So yeah, I don’t get bored.
TL:DR Enjoy your retirement. God knows I do!!
A whirlwind!
@sillyheathen Say hi to Glenda and the Munchkins for us!