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56 also!

I'm 69 and December 31 is it for me. Had enough. Wife is 11 yrs younger she will work to 62.

Retired at 64, now 70 and have enjoyed every minute of retired life.

Retiring next month at 59.

I don't get it. Is there a prohibition on travel while still working?

I'll never retire, although I'll probably work less. But I can't imagine not having anything productive or interesting or renumerative to do.

Not if you’re a teacher 🙂


I have always referred to my summers as “early retirement”.

LOL, sure, works for me. I find I do pretty much as much traveling as I can stand, which is admittedly not that much (though Miami was a nice respite from zero degree weather at home last week). Long time from retiring. I figure retirement is when you start pestering your neighbors to take your excess tomatoes in August.....

My goal is to be work optional by 45 or 50 hopefully.
It may or may not happen but if I can keep my savings rate it should be theoretically feasible.

Pulled plug last year at 56. Wish I had done it sooner

Always planned on 60, got a fantastic buy out offer right after turning 59, life is good.

The restriction to travel while working is that vacations are at the discretion of most employers, when retired you can travel when you want for as long as you want.

59 twelve years ago
it's great

You all are making me want to hang it up!

Same here. Can't imagine not being in the game as long as the economy keeps housing profitable. I'm sure we'll travel more and spend more time at the place in the mountains, but I can work from there just as easy. Like to buy a little gas station or Diner to mess with. Both grandad's did during "retirement".

Divorce impacted my financial status significantly, in particular retirement and social security are classed as shared investments, not income. IIRC the starting position of negotiations is to add those of both parties then divide equally. Statistically, half of all marriages end in divorce, most of which are initiated by the woman. However stable you might think a marriage is, menopause and post-menopause can be a wild card.

I don’t think the risk of divorce is mentioned enough in financial planning.

The good thing about working construction most of my life is all the hunting and fishing, traveling I was able to do my entire life, not just when I am old and out of my prime. When I hear someone say they are going to do xyz when they retire, I think damn that's what I've done every year when I was in shape and could pull it off, not some old out of shape guy.

3 Years ago at age 60 I was still able to pack a bull elk out of a hell hole in two days, then helped a member here pack his out of another hell hole a couple months later. I could probably still do it but my desire is lessening, I'm hardcore so I look at someone that hasn't done that, but in their 50s 60s 70s say they are now going to... fantasies are fine until you are in the middle of one.

I'm still viable on the jobsite so I still do it and the best guy on the job when I walk on... no brag just the sad state of construction today, when us old white guys at 75% hang it up all there will be is mexicans reading blueprints building your houses. This is actually an ongoing topic on the jobsite and why contractors beg us to keep working.

I have been a small independent contractor for a long time, it's given me the freedom to pursue my outdoor activities, create economy in our system and stay viable in society. Lots of ups and downs but I wouldn't trade it for a secure 9 to 5 job and the 'I'll wait till I'm retired' to do stuff.

I'm still viable on the jobsite so I'll stay for now.

Kent

Retired at 51. Best thing I ever did. Worked part time for a few years after that but nothing serious. Don't miss it a bit.

I’m glad I retired when I did at 52 and got to do lots more stuff before I had to become a caregiver at 56. It got more involved and complex by 58. As many here know, I still try to make the time to do stuff but it has become greatly impaired.

If my health holds out and I don't get fired in the meantime, I plan on working another ten or eleven years. Need to start doing some retirement planning, buying those lottery tickets.