Working after retirement age as an office worker

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LoveTulips

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I still feel that I should be working (I'm 69) as my existing friends/family are still working. It is a guilt thing and I could use the extra money as well. However, my friends and family members do not work in office support as I did. They are doctors, faculty, musicians, specialists (working with the hearing impaired), etc. My deceased friends whom I sorely miss worked in office support as well. I wonder if that is telling as they all died in their very early sixties and were very stressed at work.

I don't want to go back to office work because supervisors that I have had in the past - some were wonderful and some caused me so much stress, oh my. And when I told one of my family members about one of the scary bosses I had to work under, he was so surprised that people could act that way....but then he is a doctor and his wife is faculty and a pianist. Can anyone relate to me working in an office and not wanting to go back to work?
 
LoveTulips said:
I still feel that I should be working (I'm 69) as my existing friends/family are still working. It is a guilt thing
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You've worked long enough. Find something you really like to do and maybe earn a few dollars in that area.

I'll be 58 in a month and I'm semi-retired. I pensioned out from my 25 year gig at a shipping company. I'm still going to look for some part-time work in the new year...just a few days a week to help pay off the monthly bills and to keep structured and on the ball.
 
Beezer said:
You've worked long enough. Find something you really like to do and maybe earn a few dollars in that area.

I'll be 58 in a month and I'm semi-retired. I pensioned out from my 25 year gig at a shipping company. I'm still going to look for some part-time work in the new year...just a few days a week to help pay off the monthly bills and to keep structured and on the ball.
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Sounds like a good plan.
 
Well gosh. Some like the outdoors. What about working as a lumberjack or if you aren't handy with an axe running the cookhouse?
 
LoveTulips said:
Can anyone relate to me working in an office and not wanting to go back to work?
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I worked in large organizations most of my career. Been a worker, supervisor, and a manager. Even did a stint shipped off to the equivalent of an Arctic weather station during an organizational upheaval.

Can't blame you a bit for wanting out.
 
Kaila said:
Very sorry that your friends have passed.
And that your jobs were stressful.
I hope you can find other things to fill your time now, that are worthwile in some
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Kaila said:
Very sorry that your friends have passed.
And that your jobs were stressful.
I hope you can find other things to fill your time now, that are worthwile in some way.
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I am learning portrait painting and I have many other hobbies, thank goodness, so I'm never bored. I joined the Seniors Centre, but they are all much older than me, 80's and 90's . When I joined a few groups, all they chatted about was this one is in the hospital and their aches and pains. They were so nice but I could not identify with them - at least not yet. Also many of them have grand children and again my hubby and I don't have children.
 
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Wow, LoveTulips,, I can really relate: I always tell people that I was a clerical slave, lol. And my huzz and I don't have kids either; all of the other gals in my age group around here are grandmothers too. So I know what you mean.

And about the stress of office work sometimes: one of my co-workers when she found out I was retiring told me that she would be retiring as soon as she could since she was so fed up with office work; she said she had told her two daughters that she did not want them to work in offices; she said she told them that she'd rather they were prostitutes than to work in an office!
 
LoveTulips said:
I am learning portrait painting and I have many other hobbies, thank goodness, so I'm never bored. I joined the Seniors Centre, but they are all much older than me, 80's and 90's . When I joined a few groups, all they chatted about was this one is in the hospital and their aches and pains. They were so nice but I could not identify with them - at least not yet. Also many of them have grand children and again my hubby and I don't have children.
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I turned one of my hobbies into a small cash flow deal. I love to hand quilt anyway, and often sell a few quilts. I also design and sell some womens clothing.
 
There is human non-monetary compensation in a job-friendship, a feeling of worth, and the right to bitch about it.
If all your job is for money, there's no fun in it. So, what's more important to you, enjoyment in life, or some extra bucks?
 
Yesterday, when I collected the car, after it had been serviced, the mechanic said: "I saw you going into work the other day, are you ever going to retire?" "You are obviously not married," I replied. He looked perplexed, so I explained.

"You know the expression, money talks?" He nodded agreement. "Well when you are married it only ever says goodbye!"
 
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