Good luck on the transition. I had the same thing happen 3 1/2 years ago at age 64. Also no debt, no pension, but a decent amount of savings. As a CNC Programmer in a fairly rural area, I knew finding new work without changing careers wasn't going to be easy. I just took 3 years off, hunting, fishing, and chasing grandkids. After a lifetime of hard work, grew up on a dairy farm, the hardest part was getting used to not having pressing duties. Lately I've started doing repair work in my daughters jewelry store after her repair guy retired. Part time work, but it will pay for fishing tackle and some powder and bullets while giving me something to do to be productive.
