Early Retirement - help

McKneff

Thanks SW for the update.
I find this site takes up a lot of my time. Sad Eh. I look on the top bar and go through the 'New Posts' it's quite fascinating and has people from all walks of life, some you can even help with your own lifes experience, sometimes you need help ans youve found from this thread.

Great site, isn't it.

Good luck and enjoy...................

pollypenny

Enjoy a few weeks/months rest. Read for pleasure and potter about.

I've posted about U3A many times; if there's a local group, you'll find lots going on, from fun to intellectual, from static to active.

I loved teaching and still miss the kids and the subject, but I love my life now.

moonrakerz

Farway wrote: »

Grandchildren? enjoy them, you have time, their parents may not

...........wish I'd had mine first !!!!!

Katiehound

my early retirement was early! Did a City & Guilds decorative art course. Did some correspondence interior design & antiques courses and then I went to art college where I did a National Diploma & got A Level Art & Design. The bulk of the students were 16 years old!! I did that one year full time & 2 years p/t. I also sold books for a year (party plan type thing) After that I started making cards as a hobby...
More recently I have been a volunteer (with my dog) for a couple of charities.

I would say write a list of things you have always wanted to do, places to go etc, a kind of life wish list and then start working through it. The world is still your oyster and as everyone else has stated- how did I find time to work???????

Enjoy. If you can't afford to be a person of leisure then your list needs to contain jobs that you would like or be willing to do...
GO for it, and lots of luck

Rupert_Bear

I took early retirement 12 months ago. I do not miss work and rarely get bored as I am always busy doing something. I must admit it does annoy me when some people reaching retirement seem to think life is over for them. I certainly have no intention of working in charity shops or any other form of employment which involves dealing with people.

pmlindyloo

Katiehound wrote: »

my early retirement was early! Did a City & Guilds decorative art course. Did some correspondence interior design & antiques courses and then I went to art college where I did a National Diploma & got A Level Art & Design. The bulk of the students were 16 years old!! I did that one year full time & 2 years p/t. I also sold books for a year (party plan type thing) After that I started making cards as a hobby...
More recently I have been a volunteer (with my dog) for a couple of charities.

I would say write a list of things you have always wanted to do, places to go etc, a kind of life wish list and then start working through it. The world is still your oyster and as everyone else has stated- how did I find time to work???????

Enjoy. If you can't afford to be a person of leisure then your list needs to contain jobs that you would like or be willing to do...
GO for it, and lots of luck

Totally agree.

I do think it's very important to plan. It is extremely easy, as someone has said, to drift through your life once you have retired.

The years go by so quickly now (silly remark I know!) and I'm very aware that I have lots of things I want to do and not that much time to do it.

Yes, it's lovely to take things easy when you've worked all your life but I like to ask myself, at the end of each day, ''what have I achieved today?''

newleaf

Good luck to you all, enjoy your freedom! I am very envious as I would like nothing more than to take early retirement. My employers are cuirrently 'restructuring' and I keep hoping there will be an opportunity, but at the moment they are insisting there will be no redundancies, so another 3 years to plod on yet

lilac_lady

I know that some advice is to plan your retirement but I prefer to "go with the flow" after working full time.

I have a voluntary job one afternoon a week at my local hospital and spend time with my grandchildren but never plan the rest of the week.

It works for me and I LOVE retirement.

missile

Good luck with your retirement.

I would suggest you make a list of things you want to do rather than a list of tasks you feel you ought to do.

Do you have any hobbies or perhaps an inclination to indulge yourself in a new activity?

There may be others who are being made redundant? It may help you to discuss with them and perhaps meet up for a coffee and a chat after R (redundancy) Day.

suziewuzie

Thanks for all the advice and tips.

I must say it is rather lovely to stay up late on a Sunday, knowing I don't have an early start tomorrow! Feels a bit like a holiday at the moment!