Bold leap into retirement

badmemory

I have been retired now for 10 years & the only time I have been bored was waiting to be discharged from hospital from a hip replacement.  I'm more likely to say it can't be that time already.

Smudgeismydog

My partner’s buy to let completed today, so he’s paid as much as he can into his pension to offset a good chunk of the capital gains tax.
I think he really wants to get himself in a position to reduce his days soon.

Peterrr

Just found this thread and really enjoyed reading it so far. Three and a half more years until our planned retirement date (I'll be 60 and my partner 58) though I must admit thinking about it occupies more of my time than it probably should. I'm forever tweaking my spreadsheet and obsessing with saving money, so imagine I may struggle with the transition to decumulation.
I work for a large organisation and need only provide 1 month's notice. Although I have a good relationship with my bosses and would like to provide them with as much notice as possible to facilitate a handover, I also think doing so may not be in my own best interest as there are occasional 'restructuring events' and a conveniently timed redundancy would be most delightful!
Looking forward to reading folks' ongoing journeys into and through retirement!

Smudgeismydog

Hello, how are you all?

My handovers have finally been agreed and I’ve now started the process, I’m so pleased as over the last couple of weeks it felt like things in work had stalled.

I have also been deleting old files, leaving Teams groups and continued to decline or delete irrelevant meetings from my diary.  

@kniphofia7 and @tooldle, it’s not long to go now, how are you feeling?

FIREDreamer

I am retiring at the end of June, age 60 - can’t wait!

Smudgeismydog

How has it been in work for you @FIREdreamer since you gave notice?

tooldle

Hi @Smudgeismydog all going well here. Still not missing work and keeping busy. I’ve noticed I am finding it easier to relax, no longer feeling that I should be doing something more productive, if that makes sense. I’m also managing to sleep later. This morning the alarm woke me whereas in the past I’d have been up at least an hour before the alarm. 
I started a dancing class a few weeks ago (line dancing). I’ve always wanted to try it and so far, am really enjoying. Starting to fit in some garden work now with the temperature increasing a little. I’ve also started baking again on Fridays. Something I used to do every week until things with my mum became really difficult and time consuming. Continuing to brush up my French.
Have you started to think about what your retirement will look like?

FIREDreamer

Smudgeismydog said:

How has it been in work for you @FIREdreamer since you gave notice?

Same old dreary rigmarole - no better, no worse. Not common knowledge yet but my boss and the higher ups know obviously.

I work from home anyway. But if you have enough (pension etc) and had enough (stressed and fed up) I don’t see the point in not retiring to be honest.

Life has been a bit like this …

cloud_dog

Eight and a half months to go....just saying.

FIREDreamer

cloud_dog said:

Eight and a half months to go....just saying.

Four and a half months to go. It’s really dragging now.