AUTHOR: Larry Hoel on 11/7/2024 FIRST: Jonathan Clements on 11/7/2024 | RECENT: Jonathan Clements on 11/7/2024
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Thank you for your opened about your journey. I believe it relates to the silent majority of HD readers. While I appreciate all HD contributions, Many feel "over my head" as far as knowledge and their financial situations. But I always try to remember that life is not about perfection, but progress.
Any article that mentions not only political parties but individuals also, had to know that personalities and comments will for as they have that by and large are not welcomed or appreciated by most HD readers. A simple glance at responses easily shows that by all the red arrows
I really was concerned when I retired last month because I didn't have any winter months hobbies. But when I went for my annual health check-up and told that I needed to lose weight to take the strain off of my kidneys I started going to the gym. I've taken up weight resistance and totally enjoy it. And yes, I have lost weight
It is an old guys rant.... or maybe it is a trip down memory lane. Either one I'm glad you brought it up. Before retiring this last month I was thinking of working for fifty years and what my first jobs were and how much or how little I earned. The most important thing was not this income, but the work ethic I learned. I'm sorry to say the of our eight grandchildren, none of them are experiencing it. They all have parents who believe education is more important than life lessons and learning to take directions from someone other than parents
My "wanting" of money has come to fruition. Now that I am retired our finances have alleviated the potential stress of not knowing if we'd have enough. Though never being a high income earner but having for decades consistently inserted have proven successful
One month into full time requirement I'm starting to adjust from my schedule of being told when, what, where, etc. of my career.
I've found that biggest stress of retirement was stressing about it rather than taking each day as it comes.
Each day comes and goes. Each day is filled as they've always been full, except differently with what I want to do instead of my employer. And I'm not pressure by time limits to get anything done
Yes. When I 'work' for our city's Parks Department seasonally I consider myself retired.
During my career in sales I would be gone 60-70 stressful hours a week from home. I had to work the days my company told me that I had to.
With the Parks Department at the beginning of the season my boss asks me how often I plan on coming in. I answer him "three days per week... Or whenever I'm here"😁. I get to choose what days I want to go in, if I don't want to because the weather is too bad or too good I text him and let him know I'm not coming in. If we'd rather go on vacation I let him know I won't be in that week or weeks. I enjoy driving through the Parks and talking with the people appreciating the Parks.
We don't need the income it just accumulates in our "Rainy Day" savings account bucket.
To answer your question, YES. I am generating income and I am retired
My wife retired last January and learned all of the things you have mentioned the hard way. Hopefully when I retire at the end of next month I will learn from and remember your article. Thanks, Dick
I also have a pretty good long term memory but the short term is a problem. I really on post it notes. The problem then is that I end up with a stack of my "to do"notes but I don't have the motivation.... to do them
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Thank you for your opened about your journey. I believe it relates to the silent majority of HD readers. While I appreciate all HD contributions, Many feel "over my head" as far as knowledge and their financial situations. But I always try to remember that life is not about perfection, but progress.
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Link to comment from February 5, 2025
I have always appreciated and still do Vanguard and it's app and have never had a customer service problem
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Any article that mentions not only political parties but individuals also, had to know that personalities and comments will for as they have that by and large are not welcomed or appreciated by most HD readers. A simple glance at responses easily shows that by all the red arrows
Post: Limits of Power by Jonathan Clements
Link to comment from January 30, 2025
I really was concerned when I retired last month because I didn't have any winter months hobbies. But when I went for my annual health check-up and told that I needed to lose weight to take the strain off of my kidneys I started going to the gym. I've taken up weight resistance and totally enjoy it. And yes, I have lost weight
Post: A Balanced Retirement by Marjorie Kondrack
Link to comment from January 30, 2025
It is an old guys rant.... or maybe it is a trip down memory lane. Either one I'm glad you brought it up. Before retiring this last month I was thinking of working for fifty years and what my first jobs were and how much or how little I earned. The most important thing was not this income, but the work ethic I learned. I'm sorry to say the of our eight grandchildren, none of them are experiencing it. They all have parents who believe education is more important than life lessons and learning to take directions from someone other than parents
Post: Making money – out of touch with the good old days. Maybe just a little rant by RDQ
Link to comment from January 27, 2025
My "wanting" of money has come to fruition. Now that I am retired our finances have alleviated the potential stress of not knowing if we'd have enough. Though never being a high income earner but having for decades consistently inserted have proven successful
Post: What Drives You? By Jonathan Clements
Link to comment from January 24, 2025
One month into full time requirement I'm starting to adjust from my schedule of being told when, what, where, etc. of my career. I've found that biggest stress of retirement was stressing about it rather than taking each day as it comes. Each day comes and goes. Each day is filled as they've always been full, except differently with what I want to do instead of my employer. And I'm not pressure by time limits to get anything done
Post: Do nothing days in retirement- don’t fear them
Link to comment from January 24, 2025
Yes. When I 'work' for our city's Parks Department seasonally I consider myself retired. During my career in sales I would be gone 60-70 stressful hours a week from home. I had to work the days my company told me that I had to. With the Parks Department at the beginning of the season my boss asks me how often I plan on coming in. I answer him "three days per week... Or whenever I'm here"😁. I get to choose what days I want to go in, if I don't want to because the weather is too bad or too good I text him and let him know I'm not coming in. If we'd rather go on vacation I let him know I won't be in that week or weeks. I enjoy driving through the Parks and talking with the people appreciating the Parks. We don't need the income it just accumulates in our "Rainy Day" savings account bucket. To answer your question, YES. I am generating income and I am retired
Post: Bridge the Gap
Link to comment from November 14, 2024
My wife retired last January and learned all of the things you have mentioned the hard way. Hopefully when I retire at the end of next month I will learn from and remember your article. Thanks, Dick
Post: Enjoy the moving walkway, embrace retirement, don’t look back RDQ
Link to comment from November 11, 2024
I also have a pretty good long term memory but the short term is a problem. I really on post it notes. The problem then is that I end up with a stack of my "to do"notes but I don't have the motivation.... to do them
Post: Try to Remember by Andrew Forsythe
Link to comment from November 11, 2024