Premature Retirement

Kingrex said:
Im 54. In 2008 I built a 4000sq ft house in Seattle. There was a 4 man rock in my back yard I wanted moved to line out the landscaping. I tried to role it onto a piece of wood to drag it. 2 disc exploded in my back. I figure that incident is costing me $1M in lost wages. I'm running my own shop and tried to be union but could never find employee with the right attitude to be successful so I told the general I service I'm out.

I can not sit at home. I'm still very mobile thanks to a variety of shots that are based on regenerative medicine. If you have seen my post on Surviving a Covid Infection, you can see regular MD have failed me time and time again where Naturopathic dotors have stepped in with their "Unproven" techniques and kept me very mobile. Unfortunatly not mobile enough to do a hard 8 hour day as long as it takes to get the job done.

I am going to transition into small projects. Probably use Home Advisor as a lead bank. If anyone want an audio Power Supply done right I will fly around the country in time. Let me know if you need anything Mike. Through all my home experiments and working with Ultrafast, I have learned a lot about audio power and how to do it right.

My wife and I are looking for 3 to 5 acre on an Island around here. I have gotten into the Charles Dowding no dig gardening techniques and started my own sustainable food production. When we get the land, I'm building a new home, with nice audio room layout, and putting in a real 1/2 to 1 acre garden with intent to sell some product.
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Let us know when you truly fix all your hum and noise issues in your own house.
 
i'd like to say this has been like a retirement, but it's not. the only part that resembles retirement (besides the pay part) is zero sports to think about each day, or any sort of concept of doing anything at a particular time personally, since there is no outside events to go to, or any restaurant or friends visiting. time of day has less meaning.

i'm working the same hours a week and going in each day. as GM of a large auto dealership i'm considered essential. i've laid off about 2/3rds of my employees, and we have a small crew for service and parts only......and minimal sales mostly dealing with customer support issues and a few odd sales. just trying to hold stuff together.

here in Washington State our Governor has our industry prevented from selling cars completely, even on line, except in very limited circumstances. ours is the most restricted auto sales state in the nation right now. i'll not say anything more as it would delve into politics.

so i'm not really able to enjoy the shut down much. i'm 68 and my wife is 76 so i am trying my best to stay safe and not bring any COVID-19 home with me. we will see how this economic slow down affects my own retirement plans previously about 18-24 months away. stay tuned. i could retire now, but it would be better in a couple more years.
 
RDSChicago said:
I'm not sure how the USA became so polarized to the extent that the most dangerous public health issue in over a century, affecting the entire world, has become a BLUE vs. RED issue. Crazy.
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I am not taking sides. Because both parties want to point blame when they should be coming together to help the nation. Typical U.S. politics these days. I am disgusted.

Please don't let this get into a shouting match. Just stating the way I see it.
 
going to a 'socially distanced' cocktail party today. Everybody brings their own beverages of choice, lawn chairs and we'll all be good to go !

Vo Manhattans in a thermos along with a good cigar, yeah baby !
 
Cincy2 said:
I had plans to ease out of my business at the end of this year. This working from home thing is driving me nuts. I have a need to be in the mix in a big conference room solving problems with my peeps. I've got a great team in place. The majority owner of the business (an international corporation) loves us. I want to go but I'm going to need something else meaningful to do. I will be giving that more attention now that I've had an unwilling dry run at retirement.

Eric
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Eric -

As a former corporate executive, my recommendation is to spend some quality time thinking and planning what to do with your time. I retired a couple of years ago. Even with careful planning, I found the first six months to be stressful; I missed the action.

Today, I’m really enjoying life. I’m still connected to my former industry and colleagues. I consulted for a little while but now I do it for fun and to remain engaged.

Also, my priority is to take care of myself so that I can really enjoy this chapter of my life with my wife, family and friends. I exercise almost everyday, eat well, enjoy good wine, listen to music, read, and get together with friends for fun (boating, shooting, food, cocktails,...).

It’s a great situation and feel blessed to be here. Good luck with your plans.
 
i retired at age of 22. bought a house in spain and chilled on the beach. after a week i was so bored....all i wanted was going back to zürich city back to work. well, sold the house, got back, got married, 4 incredible lovely childreen, worked....dreaming now about going back to beach in spain with no worries in the brain.
 
u-sound said:
i retired at age of 22. bought a house in spain and chilled on the beach. after a week i was so bored....all i wanted was going back to zürich city back to work. well, sold the house, got back, got married, 4 incredible lovely childreen, worked....dreaming now about going back to beach in spain with no worries in the brain.
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i suppose the grass is always greener elsewhere, but i am so much dreaming now of walking the fürstensteig and the drei-schwestern-weg

...followed of course by a nice dinner in malbun at the vōgeli

:)
 
u-sound said:
i retired at age of 22. bought a house in spain and chilled on the beach. after a week i was so bored....all i wanted was going back to zürich city back to work. well, sold the house, got back, got married, 4 incredible lovely childreen, worked....dreaming now about going back to beach in spain with no worries in the brain.
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I hope you don’t mind me asking, but what do you retire from at age 22, an internship?


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aKnyght said:
i suppose the grass is always greener elsewhere, but i am so much dreaming now of walking the fürstensteig and the drei-schwestern-weg

...followed of course by a nice dinner in malbun at the vōgeli

:)
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wow, you know the 3 schwestern and the vögele in malbun!!:)
be my guest whenever you come here, we go "wandern" together.

i was just googling where you come from....samsara....and goole sid thats the circle of continious "wandern".
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my doughter just asked me if we go trekking, so in a couple of minutes we are leaving to the "stöcklichrüüz"
https://wegwandern.ch/listing/wande...-stoecklichruez-diebishuettli-lachen-wandern/
 
Kuoppis said:
I hope you don’t mind me asking, but what do you retire from at age 22, an internship?


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well, while coming from a very wealthy family and beeing in best scools, i found myself alone cashless in zürich city at age of 17 and worked myself up. wasnt easy, so yes, it was some kind of an internship.
 
u-sound said:
wow, you know the 3 schwestern and the vögele in malbun!!:)
be my guest whenever you come here, we go "wandern" together.

i was just googling where you come from....samsara....and goole sid thats the circle of continious "wandern".
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my doughter just asked me if we go trekking, so in a couple of minutes we are leaving to the "stöcklichrüüz"
https://wegwandern.ch/listing/wande...-stoecklichruez-diebishuettli-lachen-wandern/
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thank you for the stöcklichrüüz route recommendation!! it looks nice and i will have to give it a try some time.

also in your area, we very much like the 5-seen-wanderung on the pitzol... an overnight at the berghotel gaffia is also recommended. there is a very nice dinner there and the owner picks fresh chanterelles from the hillsides.

i am also dreaming that one of my retirements will be in the rhone valley -- maybe a nice small place on the slopes, one with a southern exposure and a vineyard of course.

:)
 
wow, i truly wonder where you come from!
all this places you mention are my real hometown. my father is a complet mountain freak, he took us near every weekend for tekking and basicly every scoolhollyday he put me in mountain camps, all year around. when i was 14 he put me in a scool in the mountain at 1800m altitude.....https://www.lyceum-alpinum.ch/tl_files/lyceum/upload/About us/190528406011426455.jpg.....the coldest scool of all switzerland:)
if speaking about the rhone valley...i think the nicest area is the berner oberland
https://www.google.com/search?q=ber...UqzYUKHbaWDIsQ_AUoAXoECBUQAw&biw=1280&bih=610
 
My Wife: What are you going to do today?

Me: Nothing.

My Wife: That's what you did yesterday!

Me: I didn't finish. :D
 
Great thread, made me laugh.

I just feel like the world is slowing down to a pace I can keep up with, hufhuf.
 
u-sound said:
...all this places you mention are my real hometown. my father is a complet mountain freak, he took us near every weekend for tekking and basicly every scoolhollyday he put me in mountain camps, all year around. when i was 14 he put me in a scool in the mountain at 1800m altitude...
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what a wonderful way to grow up and such a nice school!! ...another one of my retirements will most certainly be in the engadin. the walk from lago bianco to piz langard and down to pontressina is one of my most memorable.

i do like the berner oberland! but, the alps in the south are still my favorite... a photo of the best place in all of switzerland (and maybe the world) to walk -- i am sure you will recognize it:

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Working remotely from home has reminded me of all the house projects I avoided by going to work everyday.... :-)
 
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