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re: Retired folks, how long did you work
Posted on 10/4/23 at 12:44 pm to Trapped in time
Posted on 10/4/23 at 12:44 pm to Trapped in time
" gig
as I was nearing mandatory retirement age for my position my company made me an offer I couldn't refuse to stay on with them, it's a pretty cushy "retirement" gig that includes using my original date of hire vacation(almost 40 years,) that really makes it almost a part time job, I really enjoy it, keeps the brain engaged, and the money is pretty damn good, I'll probably milk this for quite a while
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Working part time at consulting firm now. Making as much as I did full time
as I was nearing mandatory retirement age for my position my company made me an offer I couldn't refuse to stay on with them, it's a pretty cushy "retirement" gig that includes using my original date of hire vacation(almost 40 years,) that really makes it almost a part time job, I really enjoy it, keeps the brain engaged, and the money is pretty damn good, I'll probably milk this for quite a while
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Posted on 10/4/23 at 12:58 pm to 777Tiger
All you guys bailing out in your fifties, how the heck are you pulling off healthcare expenses? You all have military or gov't benefits?
I'm 56 and have been tossing around the idea of quitting my job, but paying for health insurance for 9 years until medicare kicks in scares me from doing it.
I'm 56 and have been tossing around the idea of quitting my job, but paying for health insurance for 9 years until medicare kicks in scares me from doing it.
Posted on 10/4/23 at 1:03 pm to AlumneyeJ93
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healthcare expenses
definitely a major factor in the decision to leave early
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paying for health insurance for 9 years until medicare kicks in scares me from doing it.
some guys, if they don't have Tricare, will pick a desired retirement age and maybe tack on a year or so with the income budgeted strictly for this
Posted on 10/4/23 at 1:04 pm to AlumneyeJ93
59 retiring dec 31 2023........wife is doing the same. we purchased a class b van earlier this year and plan to start wandering around
Posted on 10/4/23 at 1:04 pm to AlumneyeJ93
Obamacare
Posted on 10/4/23 at 1:05 pm to AlumneyeJ93
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All you guys bailing out in your fifties, how the heck are you pulling off healthcare expenses? You all have military or gov't benefits? I'm 56 and have been tossing around the idea of quitting my job, but paying for health insurance for 9 years until medicare kicks in scares me from doing it.
If you plan properly you can get subsidized obamacare plans for cheap as hell.
Posted on 10/4/23 at 1:07 pm to fareplay
Retired 4 1/2 years ago at age 59.
36 years in emergency services - retired just prior to Covid- thank God!
Now part time LEO
36 years in emergency services - retired just prior to Covid- thank God!
Now part time LEO
Posted on 10/4/23 at 1:09 pm to 777Tiger
Retired at 41
Posted on 10/4/23 at 1:15 pm to Tantal
Same. I get to retire in 5 years at 56.
Posted on 10/4/23 at 1:20 pm to AlumneyeJ93
Used COBRA for a time then recently moved to Obamacare. Will see how that works.
Posted on 10/4/23 at 1:21 pm to fareplay
I worked for 38 years, from 1982 to 2020. Changed jobs three times (should have stayed with my original employer). Never in those years was I without a job.
Posted on 10/4/23 at 1:23 pm to fareplay
350 hours.
Posted on 10/4/23 at 1:37 pm to fareplay
retired at 56, education
Posted on 10/4/23 at 1:39 pm to fareplay
51 for me
Posted on 10/4/23 at 1:45 pm to fareplay
I retired from a 17 year career at 42.
I did take up a retirement job to combat boredom though:
I did take up a retirement job to combat boredom though:
Posted on 10/4/23 at 1:47 pm to Stonehenge
Retired 4 years ago at 64 after 35 years of teaching and coaching. The following Monday I went to work part-time three days a week because I knew I couldn’t sit around and do nothing. Happy and playing golf two to three times a week.
Posted on 10/4/23 at 1:47 pm to fareplay
33 years with Shell Oil/Chemical. Retired at the age of 54 with a pension and post retirement health insurance. The key to retiring early is to be debt free. No mortgage and vehicles paid for. It doesn’t take as much money as you think to live that way.
Posted on 10/4/23 at 2:07 pm to fareplay
22 years in the Army and Army National Guard, retired when I was 40. When I got in the National Guard I went to work in law enforcement. I have 22 years in that and honestly, I'm at the point now where 3 bad days in a row and I'm out. If I can't make it on 2 pensions, then I can't make it at all.
Posted on 10/4/23 at 2:08 pm to fareplay
Retired a year ago with 33 years of air traffic. I worked the last day I could and went at the mandatory 56.
Posted on 10/4/23 at 2:14 pm to Lake08
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Retired at 41
Nice job .
Youngest retired guy i know did it at 35.. but, he had a major advantage since he inherited a family business, which he then sold for millions .
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