| never retiring
Posted: 5/20/2008 1:41:00 PM | I've been thinking lately about what I'll do when I'm 65, or 75, or 85 years old.
I put painting and writing on the back burner for many years, and since many people my age don't really have as much money as they REALLY need to "retire", given the economy and inflation and the state of Social Security, I've decided to reinvent myself as an author of children's books. I have many written, but not published.
Through the years we've all heard of the "brave" artist or designer (or accountant, short-order cook, or librarian) who worked up to the day they dropped dead, at age 92, usually in a pile of canvases or at their desk, despite having cancer, or some other debilitating or painful disease. I think it's because they loved what they were doing, and if you love what you do, it's not "work", it's a life-sustaining passion that never dies until we drop in our tracks.
Any thoughts, Baby Boomers? | |
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| never retiring
Posted: 5/20/2008 1:50:13 PM | | I think if you grow old broke it's good having a romantic view of your circumstances to replace stark terror. | |
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Posted: 5/20/2008 1:57:33 PM | I plan to retire from the job which makes me lose my will to live, but NOT from working...I've written my memoir: Ghost Child to Triumph, and have an editor (amazing woman); we click big-time......have an editor/publisher who would like me to publish as an e-book and then in hard copy.
What have you written?!
Lovely to "meet" you here; if you read my profile, you will see my passion!
Dancer, singer, writer, poetess
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My plan is to get published, get on Oprah, go on speaking tours about my story, become rich and famous, etc...and live in a castle ever after with some gorgeous man who wants only to worship me; I've been waiting long enough! | |
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Posted: 5/20/2008 1:58:29 PM | Actually, retirement is an illusory thing. You may stop going to work, but you eventually find other stuff to fill the days, and relatively quickly you begin to wonder how you ever found time to work in the first place. As to the money thing, you will always have enough to meet your needs, otherwise you will start doing things to either adjust your life style or get some more money. Formal working is not something that it necessary, and there are loads of alternatives to having a job if you pay any amount of attention.
In the end, if you are healthy, you just adapt to whatever circumstances you find yourself in after formal work stops. You may need to educate yourself a bit if you don't already have skills and abilities for whatever interests you, but that is OK as the schools are filled with older students these days.
So, don't worry a lot. Life works itself out, albeit that you may go through some adjustments that may not be all that pleasant, but it won't usually last forever. | |
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Posted: 5/20/2008 2:07:59 PM |
In the end, if you are healthy, you just adapt to whatever circumstances you find yourself in after formal work stops. You may need to educate yourself a bit if you don't already have skills and abilities for whatever interests you, but that is OK as the schools are filled with older students these days.
So, don't worry a lot. Life works itself out, albeit that you may go through some adjustments that may not be all that pleasant, but it won't usually last forever
great message rearguard!
I am still working and plan to do so until I can't, which could be any time now. One never knows what gets thrown your way, just go with the flow. JMO | |
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Posted: 5/20/2008 3:01:40 PM | Work till you drop....keep moving, don't stop.... | |
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Posted: 5/20/2008 3:16:50 PM | Really depends on how you perceive and define retirement and work.
If you define work as having to be at a place of employment for a specific amount of time while doing a specific chore then I have retired from that treadmill and won't go back.Admittedly there are those that love that and more power to them.
If you define work as doing something you like to do, when you want to do it then you will defacto be retired ,even if others look at it as work.
I think the key to longevity is to be active whether that is work or retirement depends only on you. | |
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Posted: 5/20/2008 3:51:28 PM | I retired from my ‘day job’ about the age of 50 or so – had to ... got sick. I’m not sure if I’d have been smart enough to get out early, otherwise. I used my severance pay to support myself and spent the next 3 years getting my musical abilities up to a little higher level (a lifetime hobby), put the word out, and got involved with bands. I now support myself playing music anywhere, anytime, on any instrument, as long as I don’t hurt the music or make a jackazz of myself on stage – and only sickness or death will ever make me stop doing it. Getting sick was, without a doubt, the best thing that ever happened to me. Now ... what was your question ??
cdn guy | |
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| never retiring
Posted: 5/20/2008 4:06:06 PM | Doing work you enjoy may be the healthiest thing you can do in life even if it doesn't pay much.
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| never retiring
Posted: 5/20/2008 4:10:37 PM | I just worked all day filling my patio planters with flowers - haven't stop smiling since I did. Now that is work I really enjoy. | |
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Posted: 5/20/2008 4:15:45 PM | At one time I couldn't have imagined quitting my career. Now I'm thinking maybe shortly after 55, once my daughter has cleared university. There are so many other things I am interested in doing.
I'll see, I do love my work, but I like my "free" time so very much... | |
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| never retiring
Posted: 5/20/2008 5:09:29 PM |
if you love what you do, it's not "work", it's a life-sustaining passion that never dies until we drop in our tracks.
Ideally we should all be doing work that we are passionate about and want to keep doing. Unfortunately for a lot of people, they can make a lot more money doing things that are boring and tedious than what they really love. How many of us really love working in a cubicle, retail store or factory?
I do see a lot of "boomers" starting to think about part time work or working at something they really like instead of just working to make money and fund their IRAs and 401Ks. | |
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Posted: 5/20/2008 6:45:47 PM | Kate! kick ass! life is passion,live it breathe it! You will never die when your heart sings your souls desires :)
I bow before You | |
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| never retiring
Posted: 5/20/2008 6:49:55 PM |
I think if you grow old broke it's good having a romantic view of your circumstances to replace stark terror.
I was thinking this myself.
One of the many reasons I am working on my Undergrad now, at the age of 50, is so that when I get to my PhD, I will be retired and can truly enjoy the process.
Then again, I could be like my father (the retired PEng) who keeps statistics on the number of nuts that fall from their tree and the direct correlation to the water that is required.
One nut dealing with another I suppose.
^^BG^^ | |
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| never retiring
Posted: 5/20/2008 8:02:27 PM |
I've been thinking lately about what I'll do when I'm 65, or 75, or 85 years old.
I put painting and writing on the back burner for many years, and since many people my age don't really have as much money as they REALLY need to "retire", given the economy and inflation and the state of Social Security, I've decided to reinvent myself as an author of children's books. I have many written, but not published.
Through the years we've all heard of the "brave" artist or designer (or accountant, short-order cook, or librarian) who worked up to the day they dropped dead, at age 92, usually in a pile of canvases or at their desk, despite having cancer, or some other debilitating or painful disease. I think it's because they loved what they were doing, and if you love what you do, it's not "work", it's a life-sustaining passion that never dies until we drop in our tracks.
Any thoughts, Baby Boomers?
Last week I told my boss I retired... but I refuse to leave. | |
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Posted: 5/20/2008 8:20:12 PM | I will retire as soon as I can, and I will go live on a boat. I will be a beach bum and lay in the sun like a dawg until I'm brown and wrinkly like a raisin. I'll spend my days reading books and drinking****ails from a pineapple. I will paint pictures and take photographs of the pretty places I sail to, and I will free-lance tavern reviews from every coastal town both sides of the Atlantic... ok, the Pacific too, if I end up living for a very long time! Anybody wants to join in???   | |
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| never retiring
Posted: 5/21/2008 5:01:39 AM |
…I think it's because they loved what they were doing, and if you love what you do, it's not "work", it's a life-sustaining
I agree. And to mix some fables, I hope they've saved their nuts like good squirrels, because we're entering a time that will separate the grasshoppers from the ants. | |
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Posted: 5/21/2008 6:45:40 AM | | I decided to be a grasshopper. Ant life didn't suit me. If I have to be an industrious hard worker at a job I dislike saving for a few years of old age, bah, then what do I do when I get there, sit around wishing I had more fun when I was younger? Not for me. I gladly do without later for happiness now, and when I do eventually show up broke and out of luck, at least it happens when I am too old to have fun anyway. There are some fables that work really well to keep men, I mean ants, going back down into the mine, I mean, ant farm, every day. Then along comes that rosebud gathering guy and all bets are off, while they may be. Live slow, die in middle age and leave a bad looking corpse. That's my motto. As for separating the ants from grasshoppers, man, we've been separate all along. But hey, at least you got your house paid for. | |
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Posted: 5/21/2008 7:11:31 AM | | Yep, the toys are paid for and retirement has come; best thing that ever happened in my life. I'm looking forward to 20 - 30 years of raising H someplace in this world. In my part of the country, grasshoppers get kinda stiff and cold in the winter without a house, maybe might even get a little hungry. Enjoy!! | |
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Posted: 5/21/2008 8:03:55 AM | we have a saying in Germany: "Wer rastet, der rostet".....that means: " who rests, will rost"
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Posted: 5/21/2008 10:57:15 AM | Time4 2, Yours is the ideal "retirement plan", and I would love to join in!!
Take me! Take me!! Ooohh, Take me!!!
I can sail any size/type boat, I can navigate (solar/stellar/lunar/electronic), and am intimately familiar with the SE coast, and much of the Caribbean. Oh, and I love fruity rum drinks! And you would be the hands-down best, and best-looking shipmate I've ever had!
 Reeeeeady!  Let's go!!  | |
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| never retiring
Posted: 5/21/2008 11:57:17 AM | Oh my gosh... me too!>
.......filling my patio planters with flowers - haven't stop smiling since I did. Now that is work I really enjoy.
I'm retired from the "working world" and I love it!
Now I can be as much of a non-conformist as I want without any flack, LOL.
No where near as much money as I had before... but oh I am enjoying life!
I don't need much money to live anyway... I like the simple life. | |
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| never retiring
Posted: 5/21/2008 2:15:34 PM | | When I retire, I'd like to do a bit of handy-man work to supplement my savings, write, spend time in Las Vegas and Atlantic City playing poker, hang out in my workshop building scratch built ship models to supplement my handy-man cash supplement...oh, that's what I do, already. So I guess, today, I declare myself officially retired. | |
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| never retiring
Posted: 5/21/2008 4:10:20 PM | | i dont plan on retiring. i will always be doing something, otherwise i will be bored even with my hobbies. besides, i will have better tax advantages at retirement age... | |
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