Retirement

[SurreyMackem]

I think you”ve got a point I’m not married and hopefully retired but have a few mates who are married and from them I get the impression it’s not all thorntons continentals and b*m secs.

What marriage or retirement?

 

[heroesof73]

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[Forty]

I don't watch it religiously. I just find a few things I like (travel shows and documentaries mainly), record them and watch them when I get a bit of time.

I did watch a lot of the recent England v India test series. That's why you worked all your life for, to enjoy stuff like that.

Agree totally, it was more avoiding the normal day to day dross. And adverts for funerals

 

[3.142]

I get the impression that the more adventurous retirees on here are not married. How do married retirees think this effects there retirement decisions and what they do in retirement.

I think it limits the things I can do but on the other hand if I had to run my life on my own as opposed to sharing responsibilities I would spend a lot of my retirement on mundane domestic chores.

A bit the opposite for me.

Want to be both retired as soon as we can be to be able to do stuff together while we can.

Double the chance of something happening with health etc when there's two of you.

Likely both do a bit of part time stuff when the time comes that we can coordinate.

 

[JAZZMANB]

I think it limits the things I can do but on the other hand if I had to run my life on my own as opposed to sharing responsibilities I would spend a lot of my retirement on mundane domestic chores.

I was on my own prior to finishing work so retirement doesn't affect that .
I was married etc but im I'm single because I like doing what I want and I like my own space.
I've always took care of myself and the house, I dont find it mundane or a chore .
It's great doing all the windows one day with the tunes on knowing everyone's at work . It's a small part of your time compared to doing my hobbies

 

[Slatz63]

I was on my own prior to finishing work so retirement doesn't affect that .
I was married etc but im I'm single because I like doing what I want and I like my own space.
I've always took care of myself and the house, I dont find it mundane or a chore .
It's great doing all the windows one day with the tunes on knowing everyone's at work . It's a small part of your time compared to doing my hobbies

Snap, me too.

 

[SPUFF]

I'd say its just packing in work .The rest of your life is there still
If work is your life that's a shame
I get the " miss the crack " thing but my job went from being brilliant crack to soul destroying . All the politics and stuff people blabber on about now . No one talked politics 20 years ago .

I often think as a small dusiness owner politics should interest me more but ferk me what a boring topic it is.
When dads old mates rabbit on about it i think ferk me man why do you give a shite.

 

[cornish mackem]

I do all of the above.

My jobs pretty flexible which allows it but id love to have more time to do those.

Mind I see a bloke at health club who spends id say 5-6 hours hanging about every day. Not for me that. Better than not leaving house I guess!

I’ve got quite simple means but just never had the time to do what I wanted to do. I’ve had a fishing boat that never got wet, guns that never got took out of the cabinet but that’s changed by not having to go to work as much.

 

[Dark Traveller]

And adverts for funerals

Ponder whether to have a funeral on a motorbike, splash out on a big do, order a acorn stairlift and walk-in bath, put a bit money to one side to protect hard working donkeys… and then wonder if your neighbour is steaming open your post…

 

[ir35]

Well looks like this is my last year in work, finish at Christmas now. About a year earlier than I’d planned and absolutely can’t wait. It’s going to be a struggle to have any interest at work for these last few months.

 

[OldNewtown]

Well looks like this is my last year in work, finish at Christmas now. About a year earlier than I’d planned and absolutely can’t wait. It’s going to be a struggle to have any interest at work for these last few months.

You may find January, February and March tough going , initially, as the weather will be shite. Thereafter however you will slide gently into retirement.
You may wish to consider some winter sun to break those 3 months up.

I retired at the end of December and I am passing on my personal experience. I know its not the same for everyone.

 

[Darlo1973]

You may find January, February and March tough going , initially, as the weather will be shite. Thereafter however you will slide gently into retirement.
You may wish to consider some winter sun to break those 3 months up.

I retired at the end of December and I am passing on my personal experience. I know its not the same for everyone.

There is a reason why the Canaries and the Costa del Sol are full of British pensioners every winter.

Looking forward to getting a mobility scooter and swearing at people who get in my way.

 

[BILLY BUS PASS]

You may find January, February and March tough going , initially, as the weather will be shite. Thereafter however you will slide gently into retirement.
You may wish to consider some winter sun to break those 3 months up.

I retired at the end of December and I am passing on my personal experience. I know it’s not the same for everyone.

Ya spot on mate, the seasons do affect us weather we like it or not, it’s more obvious when ya not in the hamster wheel.

See what I did there ??

 

[Swindon On Tour]

You may find January, February and March tough going , initially, as the weather will be shite. Thereafter however you will slide gently into retirement.
You may wish to consider some winter sun to break those 3 months up.

I retired at the end of December and I am passing on my personal experience. I know its not the same for everyone.

Same with me and looking back was not necessarily the best time.
Equally I painted the whole bloody house during Spring months and still had that “must get it done” head on. Wouldn’t have done that now.

Now I’m delaying everything

 

[Johnny Alpha]

You may find January, February and March tough going , initially, as the weather will be shite. Thereafter however you will slide gently into retirement.
You may wish to consider some winter sun to break those 3 months up.

I retired at the end of December and I am passing on my personal experience. I know its not the same for everyone.

Absolutely this. First winter I was retired the wife was working and I was by myself in the house when it was cold wet and miserable outside. Second winter she’d stopped but I said I’m off to find some sun, Tenerife for a cheap week as it happens, and you can come if you’d like. Not sure she says. OK I say but I’m going whatever. She decides to come and before we’d even got back she’d book the following years trip away she appreciated the sun so much. We’re off again in January AI plus flights is less than £1500 for us both. The hotel demographic was pretty much all over 55, Brits but lots of norther Europeans too, mainly people from Scandinavia, where we were.

If you can afford to go somewhere with sun in the winter you should absolutely do it.

 

[ir35]

You may find January, February and March tough going , initially, as the weather will be shite. Thereafter however you will slide gently into retirement.
You may wish to consider some winter sun to break those 3 months up.

I retired at the end of December and I am passing on my personal experience. I know its not the same for everyone.

Thanks for the advice, I am on a canny high at the minute.

 

[Swindon On Tour]

Thanks for the advice, I am on a canny high at the minute.

I am sure you will cope
Good for you Mate. It will feel like being in a cell until that time ticking off the days.

I remember thinking all the work anniversaries after my retirement date, budgets, reviews were done with. Removing them out of calendars was a tonic.
Keep counting - 99, 98, 97, 96 ……….freedom.

 

[ShoutyBearHead]

Ponder whether to have a funeral on a motorbike, splash out on a big do, order a acorn stairlift and walk-in bath, put a bit money to one side to protect hard working donkeys… and then wonder if your neighbour is steaming open your post…

and spend the rest of the day polish your tiny gold bars and Spitfire plates

 

[DaveH]

I also cannot get my head around people saying they enjoy work. Obviously its each to there own and all that. I have had 3 main career paths, telecomms eng, lecturer and now a fire safety consultant and can honestly say i have not enjoyed any of them. I have done them because i had to, to pay bills. This is why retirement will come very easy for me and i can honestly say at no point will i want to be back at work.

Surely it depends on what you do and what stage of your career you are at.

When I was young, I was a network techy. I spent a lot of my day problem solving, writing bespoke bits of code to solve it and generally getting to 'play' with big computer systems. I loved it.

But over the years things have changed. The support environment has changed to be more structured and less of the just hack anything custom to keep things working (for very good reason). Then I also reached the stage where I didn't think I was seeing new technical problems. Lots of problems with stupid decisions from management. So moved into management and security management, partly to allow me to fight the stupid decisions, partly for a new challenge and different problems to solve and partly the pay rise to retirement.

Mid 20s, I would not have wanted to retire and could not see why anyone would be desperate to. Now in my late 40s with (just) less than 10 years to go, sitting after a bank holiday weekend having a morning meeting, I'd happily retire now. What I'm doing is interesting and today it is mostly incident response which I quite enjoy. But that vs my own fun projects, the big long list of jobs I need to get done and a guitar riff I need to learn, I'd happily pick the latter.

But if someone has a fun and rewarding job I can see why they might want to continue.

 

[i8playoffs]

Absolutely this. First winter I was retired the wife was working and I was by myself in the house when it was cold wet and miserable outside. Second winter she’d stopped but I said I’m off to find some sun, Tenerife for a cheap week as it happens, and you can come if you’d like. Not sure she says. OK I say but I’m going whatever. She decides to come and before we’d even got back she’d book the following years trip away she appreciated the sun so much. We’re off again in January AI plus flights is less than £1500 for us both. The hotel demographic was pretty much all over 55, Brits but lots of norther Europeans too, mainly people from Scandinavia, where we were.

If you can afford to go somewhere with sun in the winter you should absolutely do it.

100% this. Done Mexico and Cape Verdi in winter months and felt so refreshed I didn't feel like I needed a holiday in the summer. Does you the world of good.

Surely it depends on what you do and what stage of your career you are at.

When I was young, I was a network techy. I spent a lot of my day problem solving, writing bespoke bits of code to solve it and generally getting to 'play' with big computer systems. I loved it.

But over the years things have changed. The support environment has changed to be more structured and less of the just hack anything custom to keep things working (for very good reason). Then I also reached the stage where I didn't think I was seeing new technical problems. Lots of problems with stupid decisions from management. So moved into management and security management, partly to allow me to fight the stupid decisions, partly for a new challenge and different problems to solve and partly the pay rise to retirement.

Mid 20s, I would not have wanted to retire and could not see why anyone would be desperate to. Now in my late 40s with (just) less than 10 years to go, sitting after a bank holiday weekend having a morning meeting, I'd happily retire now. What I'm doing is interesting and today it is mostly incident response which I quite enjoy. But that vs my own fun projects, the big long list of jobs I need to get done and a guitar riff I need to learn, I'd happily pick the latter.

But if someone has a fun and rewarding job I can see why they might want to continue.

But that vs my own fun projects, the big long list of jobs I need to get done and a guitar riff I need to learn, I'd happily pick the latter.

Are you me!!!!