Recent content by keedge

So it's been over 2 months now, and I haven't thought of work once. I don;'t dream about it or anything. I am a LOT less stressed and so far I have adjusted to retirement life fine. I still am on a similar bedtime schedule as I was when working. So I still end up in bed between 10-11pm...

My wife and I have this discussion often. She can take a nap anytime of the day and has no problems with it. For me I have never liked or understood the "nap" thing. But I have also noticed that in the morning my smart watch or Oura ring will tell me that I took a nap the previous evening...

I have finally got the retirement and SS payments all setup and flowing. So now I can say I am officially in retirement. The last 2 months, while I wasn't working anymore, didn't feel like I was retired yet since it took a while or the SS payment to finally process that first payment, and I...

I haven't worked now for about 6 weeks. Have to say I haven't dreamed of work once, and haven't even thought about it. So far it's been real smooth, and I haven't missed work at all.

I posted this in my "Linked In" account but thought it might be interesting to those who might be nearing retirement and thinking about how your work like mind might transition to your retirement mind. This is taken in collaboration with AI. I fed in the details of my transition, and this is...

Definately good luck on your journey. As long as you are consistent and steady you should be good. For me it was always the days like I felt I messed up that got me, which lead me to quiting. But now that I am older (62) I take it a lot slower (not looking for quick results) and so far it is...

I worked at a desk for over 36 of my 45 year work life. Always had the neck/shoulder pains. But hand held massagers to try and help. Now that I am retired, hopefully that will lessen. We will see.

My wife told me that I needed to go get some hearing aids. We are both 62. My wife has BAHAs (Bone Assisted Hearing Aids) and has for years. So I went to Costco and got the $1599 pair, did the hearing test got fitted and I have been wearing them now for about 8 months. Love them. I had no...

So, it's been 30 days since I last worked and am officially 3 weeks into retirement. Mentally I am there. Totally love it so far. I was surprized that I haven't thought about or dreamed about work. I used to dream of work most nights when I was working.... in the dreams I am trying to do my...

Knowing that there is no guarantee is why I chose to retire here at 62 (instead of 65 [for medicare] or 67 [FRA]). With my wife having medical issues that will just get worse with age, wanted to retire at an age where we have (hopefully) some good quality years ahead of us to enjoy it. But...

Well, here we are.... December 23rd, and my last email out from my work laptop was sent out earlier this morning. My "last day" email to anyone I could think of at work that I might have worked with. Got a lot of responses back pretty quickly. That was cool. I had already contacted most of...

I met my wife in alphabetical order in 9th grade. We dated off and on throughout high school. Then married her 6 years after graduating. Been together wver since. Over 38 years of pure bliss.

Since my last day of actual work is 2 days before Christmas, I just want a good happy start to my retirement. :-)

I retire officially at the end of this year (2025). The plan is to start doing a lot of nothing to just obsorb the situation and go from there. Of course like a lot of others, I want to get things done around the house and backyard that I couldn't do when I was working, puting more effort into...

This is what I am looking forward to. My wife and I have been talking about it for a while. It was just a matter of when to do it. Once my manager was let go 6 months ago and the new manager has absolutely no idea what our team does I realized that I didn't want to train anyone anymore. Over...