Momac
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Not necessarily enjoyment . Some complain about work yet they keep at it .
I think it may be a need to feel wanted or important or to be the breadwinner and not necessarily an enjoyment of the work.
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I think it may be a need to feel wanted or important or to be the breadwinner and not necessarily an enjoyment of the work.
Baggywrinkle
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Being of that age where a large number of my friends and colleagues are able to sign-up for retirement schemes, some of their reasoning is quite interesting.
Common reasons given for keeping working are:
I still have a mortgage / can't afford to retire yet / I'm stuck working 'till 67.
I enjoy my job / don't know what I would do if I didn't have work to go to.
My wife/partner is still working.
... and then there are the reasons that get skirted around ...
A lot of people at work have their ego tied to their job - you can see it when their chests puff out every time someone asks what they do for a living, and they can trot out their job title and employer. Once they retire, there are only so many years they can use their old job title before it begins to sound a bit sad, and their self-image can't cope with being just another pensioner.
Some people are sh!t scared of a drop in income, haven't done the planning/calculations, have no dreams or a plan for retirement.
Some are afraid of losing touch with their social circle, especially the ones who socialise with work colleagues a lot - the more time out of the working environment, the more disconnected it gets.
Some people don't really think about it until it gets foist upon them.
My approach is to embrace it, plan for it, and have a dream to look forward to. I see it as being free, like I was in my 20s, but not skint, and not having to turn up at a workplace 5 days a week.
Seastoke
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Yes I know both people , they do one day each per week.
newtothis
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Retired three months ago and have escaped the reaper so far.
Since leaving the treadmill I've never felt bett....
johnalison
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I should hope so. I don’t know the figures, but I doubt if there is a mortal curse on retirement; it’s just that a few cases make it seem that way. There is no doubt that some people as they go into retirement go into a decline through lack of effort, exercise or any interests to keep them going. It has always puzzled me how people could work for forty or fifty years without noticing that this was going to come to an end one day.
Lightwave395
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I retired in 2017 at 70, having previously never been away on the boat for more than 2 weeks my OH and I stepped on board and went off for 5 months meandering down the Atlantic coast of France, subsequently returning and leaving the boat there.
With spring and early summers sailing and 15 grandchildren between us I can't figure out how I ever got the time to go to work...
With spring and early summers sailing and 15 grandchildren between us I can't figure out how I ever got the time to go to work...
westernman
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The difference is that I own most of a company and I am CEO. I get to do what I want when I want.
So if I want to go down to the beach after lunch, as I did today, I can do exactly that.
Of course I have a nice place to work. The commute to work takes about 3 minutes.
This is the view from my desk (where I am sitting at the moment):-
The pool is too cold at the moment.
The other side there is a sports room with my Concept II rower (we had a discussion on here about rowing machines, and yes I don't use it enough), weights, ski machine, vibrating machine, sauna, etc.
I could stop work completely and comfortably live here from the pension I am getting, but I would get too bored too quickly.
Having sold my pilot cutter, I will probably end up getting another boat this year. May be something small, primarily for day sailing and the odd weekend. Something I can go out for a couple of hours in the afternoon when it is nice any sunny like today. Although, there is almost no wind at the moment.
There is a rowing club near here, but I am reluctant to join and committing to turning up from time to time. I think I fancy the Polynesian canoe club more....
So if I want to go down to the beach after lunch, as I did today, I can do exactly that.
Of course I have a nice place to work. The commute to work takes about 3 minutes.
This is the view from my desk (where I am sitting at the moment):-
The pool is too cold at the moment.
The other side there is a sports room with my Concept II rower (we had a discussion on here about rowing machines, and yes I don't use it enough), weights, ski machine, vibrating machine, sauna, etc.
I could stop work completely and comfortably live here from the pension I am getting, but I would get too bored too quickly.
Having sold my pilot cutter, I will probably end up getting another boat this year. May be something small, primarily for day sailing and the odd weekend. Something I can go out for a couple of hours in the afternoon when it is nice any sunny like today. Although, there is almost no wind at the moment.
There is a rowing club near here, but I am reluctant to join and committing to turning up from time to time. I think I fancy the Polynesian canoe club more....
Bouba
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How would you get bored…the gardening must be nonstop
westernman
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Actually the gardening takes surprisingly little effort.
We only need to cut most of the grass twice a year.
The company would have to pay a fine as we do not employ any disabled workers.
So we actually subcontract some of the gardening work to a company which has disabled workers.
This enables us to avoid the fine and costs less than the fine itself.
They do some of the stuff such as trimming trees - and next time they come they will remove the tree which has fallen down and is blocking our second gate to the property.
They will now come about once a month.
The big next job for the garden is to spray the anti-mosquito spray around the house, office, pool, gym, etc.
melvynpatrick
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I thought I had semi retired. I do three paid days a week. And two unpaid at the kids houses. I wish I’d stayed at work full time
