Retirement

[captainkurtz]

I'm not sure I'm ever going to be able to retire.  The reasons why are a bit complex.  I run a family property investment and lettings business.  The process of splitting it up between the 3 owners will be stressful and expensive but it will happen at some point in the next decade.  Once that happens, I guess my workload will be reduced but I'll still be managing tenants and tenancies - I simply couldn't pass that on to a letting agency to manage..because they're all useless.

I am conscious that my dear wife is 4.5 years older than me and she deserves to be able to enjoy life a little more and not have a husband who can't holiday, for example in the summer because of tenancy changeovers and is constantly preoccupied with work issues.  That weighs heavily on my mind because, frankly, she deserves much better.

[Slim]

Well, it's the last day in my present job. It's all a bit surreal. Had some sweet messages from people at work but otherwise it's been very low key. I haven't actually met a customer or a colleague in person for 18 months.

Still don't know if I'll work again, but I have no plans to.

[Fishy]

Well, it's the last day in my present job. It's all a bit surreal. Had some sweet messages from people at work but otherwise it's been very low key. I haven't actually met a customer or a colleague in person for 18 months.

Still don't know if I'll work again, but I have no plans to.

Have a great last day..👍🥃

[pxr5]

Well, it's the last day in my present job. It's all a bit surreal. Had some sweet messages from people at work but otherwise it's been very low key. I haven't actually met a customer or a colleague in person for 18 months.

Still don't know if I'll work again, but I have no plans to.

All the best James. I'm sure you'll love being a man of leisure.

[Thenop]

Well, it's the last day in my present job. It's all a bit surreal. Had some sweet messages from people at work but otherwise it's been very low key. I haven't actually met a customer or a colleague in person for 18 months.

Still don't know if I'll work again, but I have no plans to.

I suspect it's a nice position to be in, you don't need to, but if you'd want to you could.

Until that time: enjoy your time off.

[The Picnic Wasp]

Well, it's the last day in my present job. It's all a bit surreal. Had some sweet messages from people at work but otherwise it's been very low key. I haven't actually met a customer or a colleague in person for 18 months.

Still don't know if I'll work again, but I have no plans to.

I hope you really enjoy your new life. It must be a good feeling though to realise that with your huge knowledge of that great mystery to most of us, the computer, you'll never be out of demand. I wish I'd experienced a final day at work like you though. Mine was in instalments. I took voluntary redundancy from my job of twenty years as I couldn't stand it any longer. Then three extremely short lived term part-time jobs before my last three month stint with a local firm. I hadn't realised that the Graves' disease was probably the real root of my unrest, but other than missing out on a gold clock day I'm pretty content. Good luck with everything you decide in the future.

[Nick]

Enjoy the weekday lie-in tomorrow

[Nickslikk2112]

Welcome to the club 

[Slim]

So: three weeks of it now, and I must say they've flashed past. So far so good, though I wonder if the winter months might be a bit of a challenge.

A friend of mine retired from his job as a detective inspector in Leicestershire CID a few years ago and he had a bit of a mental health crisis about it. His sense of purpose disappeared with his job. He ended up seeing a therapist and eventually took a part time job working on a farm, picking fruit and painting sheds. Seems happy enough now.

I'm definitely not having a crisis so far. But I am trying to do something productive every day and started keeping a simple diary of what I've done, just to guard against that feeling that I'm wasting my time. Relubing a bike, cleaning the oven, changing the sheets, a bike ride, a Tesco run, painting the bathroom, guitar practice, whatever.

[Thenop]

Being just 54 I cannot even begin to imagine this. Work is so deeply rooted in my daily life. I have to say though that the work from home policies as of recent may help navigate my situation when the time is there.
Just 13 years to go..

[Nickslikk2112]

Well I always loved doing nothing and now I have all the time in the world to do it

At best I worked to live, I never lived to work.

[David L]

That's it! A 44 year career comes to an end. Employed until the end of the month but last day of duty today. Surrendered my laptop, keys and pass card - home by midday.
I'm off down the pub!

[Thenop]

I just checked the government website and my current pension date is January 4th 2038. I now feel the urge to post this in the grumpy thread.

[dom]

Ive just found out that if I pay HMRC  the national insurance contribution for each year that I've lived in Ireland I can get the UK pension for those years. Bit of a no brainer in terms of return so I've got that process underway.

Obviously if I die in the next 8 years it will have been a waste but I think its a risk worth taking!

[pxr5]

Ive just found out that if I pay HMRC  the national insurance contribution for each year that I've lived in Ireland I can get the UK pension for those years. Bit of a no brainer in terms of return so I've got that process underway.

Obviously if I die in the next 8 years it will have been a waste but I think its a risk worth taking!

This might help in making shortfall contributions.

http://betweenthewheels.net/index.php?topic=48.msg23256#msg23256