One disappointment about retirement

[Larry M]

I've got my target date set for my retirement and it's 74 weeks and 2 days away - not that I'm counting or anything!

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Cheers

Larry

[BobL]

Snap BobL (subject to market fluctuations)

Cheers

Larry

Hi Larry, It was talking to you that got me thinking about it. Then the health issues came along and that tipped the balance.
Cheers
Bob

[Chesand]

What Mulgabill said. I wonder how I ever had time to go to work.

[Bushmiller]

Gentlemen's hours, weekends and public holidays are all alien to me. Worked Xmas day, Boxing day and New Years day, but I did have yesterday off. Days become a blur. I hardly know which day of the week it is, but before you start to feel overly sympathetic and all guey at my plight, my "weekend" started on Thursday and will finish on Monday. Back to work Tuesday night.

Retirement? Think I might work till I drop.

Regards
Paul

[robbygard]

What Mulgabill said. I wonder how I ever had time to go to work.

me too

and we can look forward to 2012 ... a 366 day weekend instead of 365

regards david

[AlexS]

Gentlemen's hours, weekends and public holidays are all alien to me. Worked Xmas day, Boxing day and New Years day, but I did have yesterday off. Days become a blur. I hardly know which day of the week it is

Sounds like my life....ever since I 'retired'.

[Bushmiller]

Sounds like my life....ever since I 'retired'.

Regards
Paul

[BobR]

I'm with Russell. However, the hours are good, but the pay is lousy. Larry the GFC turned up whilst we were on the round Australia trip just after converting the super fund to a pension fund. Acmegridley, have the same problem at Laurieton - only one more sleep

[chambezio]

I have a forced retirement that started when i was 51.
It was very hard to get used to not having to get up and "do".
So now I am more used to the routine but....my mind races with project after project, collecting plans, information and even materials. The let down comes from more of a physical side that does not let me carry out these projects. No not a limb loss or anything like that its from the same brain that thought up these projects. My depression paralyses an ability to carry out these physical things. I go out to the shed to start a job and within 5 minutes I am wondering why I even bothered to start at all. So back to the house,TV/ computer, and wish it was dark so that I don't feel like I am wasting daylight, but feel frustrated because another day has been wasted.
Guess what the next day ends up the same, followed by....you guessed it another day the same.
Its not totally like this though, I may be able to get a small string of days together that I can actually accomplish something start to finish.
Yes I have the time and the place and the equipment but..... am thwarted by an ailing brain. I must admit that the frustration makes me wonder about an "out", like live power point or worse but to date its only a distant thought
If it wasn't for this Forum I really don't know where I would be
THANKYOU ALL!!

[Woodwould]

I've always viewed bed and sleep as necessary evils. I detest going to bed (I generally don't, until I reach the point where I start nodding off) and I jump out of bed as soon as socially acceptable.

I too wonder how I ever had time to go to work: I have my fingers in so many pies and would attempt a hell of a lot more if my health permitted. The one major obstacle with my woodworking is my tin shed and the Australian climate – I wilt like a cheap candle in hot weather. I'm capable of four times as much work in the winter as in the summer. A 17° day and I'm your man!

[robbygard]

Acmegridley, have the same problem at Laurieton - only one more sleep

i have that problem (school holidays and tourist influxes) but i am retired so tomorrow is actually two or three sleeps for me, not one

regards david

[Sturdee]

Yes I have the time and the place and the equipment but..... am thwarted by an ailing brain. I must admit that the frustration makes me wonder about an "out", like live power point or worse but to date its only a distant thought
If it wasn't for this Forum I really don't know where I would be
THANKYOU ALL!!

Is there a men's shed near you? If so I would suggest that you join it and maybe the company will help you. Else get some help for your depression for we would hate to miss you.

Peter.

[old pete]

Hi Big Shed,

You can down load a screen saver that will give you the elapse to retirement each time you fire up your computer and its accurate down to the nearest millisecond. Did youall know that there is a strong negative correlation between the age you finish paid employment and your ultimate survival time. ie the sooner you finish up the greater will be the age you live to. Speaking as one who left waged employment at 57 now 10 year ago I bitterly regret I didn't leave long before that. How do you make your way with $'s you ask ??. Easy. Head down bum up and get on with it cept you are only beavering away at the tings you want to do and that's not reel work in my book. Old Pete

Course not, if you were you would have included hours/minutes and seconds

[Phil Spencer]

Is there a men's shed near you? If so I would suggest that you join it and maybe the company will help you. Else get some help for your depression for we would hate to miss you.

Peter.

[BobL]

Hopefully I will be OK.

I don't have that much emotional investment in my job so I will happy to finish full time work. I also like working by myself and don't have chambezio's depression although I like the idea of joining a men's shed at some stage. Have just installed an aircon in the shed so don't have Woodwould's problem, just have to make sure the super can cover the power costs. Have dozens of plans in my head to work on and my 42 m^2 workshop should be complete and in a couple of months (do they ever really get finished?) and over 100 logs worth of timber scattered around WA to play with. Hard rubbish collection days seems to provide and increasing about of metal and bits and pieces for projects and it helps to have a commercial van to pick stuff up with. I have more than enough machines and tools to play with, and increasingly the equipment and some skills to make most of what I don't have.

Where I'm working has offered me some part time work to bring in a few extra pennies and SWMBO is happy to go play with horses. It all sounds highly organized but little of all this has bee deliberately planned - or maybe it was subconsciously.

In short I'm looking forward to it