Retirement Regrets

Early_Retire_Free

I have sometimes regretted "retiring" (in 2018, aged 53).  Initially I did some consulting on a part time basis but have not done any paid work now since November 2021.

The regret was more the loss of a career which i spent years building rather than work per se.  It just seemed a bit of a waste of skills.

Financially, I could have retired 4-5 years earlier and I now worry about how we will spend enough money to avoid a big inheritance tax bill.  First world problems.

I run, swim and cycle and enter the occasional triathlon.

According to garmin, in the last 12 months I walked 4.7 million steps.

Yankee24

Early_Retire_Free said:

I have sometimes regretted "retiring" (in 2018, aged 53).  Initially I did some consulting on a part time basis but have not done any paid work now since November 2021.

The regret was more the loss of a career which i spent years building rather than work per se.  It just seemed a bit of a waste of skills.

Financially, I could have retired 4-5 years earlier and I now worry about how we will spend enough money to avoid a big inheritance tax bill.  First world problems.

I run, swim and cycle and enter the occasional triathlon.

According to garmin, in the last 12 months I walked 4.7 million steps.

I understand this.   I am 55 shortly, however in a job that shall we say, I am not pleased to end my career on.  I have become a magistrate.   Very rewarding. Maybe that would be a good option?  

Beddie

Early_Retire_Free said:

I have sometimes regretted "retiring" (in 2018, aged 53).  Initially I did some consulting on a part time basis but have not done any paid work now since November 2021.

The regret was more the loss of a career which i spent years building rather than work per se.  It just seemed a bit of a waste of skills.

Financially, I could have retired 4-5 years earlier and I now worry about how we will spend enough money to avoid a big inheritance tax bill.  First world problems.

I run, swim and cycle and enter the occasional triathlon.

According to garmin, in the last 12 months I walked 4.7 million steps.

I get where you are coming from, with the waste of skills comment. Not that I was all that skilled! But I pretty much retired around 50 and sometimes feel that I could have a really good 50s career before winding down. But I also felt at the time like I couldn't go on and had reached the limit of what I could achieve. That was burnout, in hindsight, but I received no support and that was that, working life done.