Recent content by keedge

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...

Since I am offically retiring on 12/31/2025 and all weekdays from 12/24 - end of the month are either holidays or mandated vacation (shutdown) my actual last day working will be Tuesday 12/23/2025. 19 more workdays. Can't wait now.

I haven't been in a situation where I would be naked in front of anyone but my wife. I have been going naked almost fulltime for the last few years and love it. I work from home and on occasion my mother-in-law has come over and I am just in a t-shirt (since I can get on a video call at any...

Well, it's about 5 months since the last post here. I am still going around the house naked and into the backyard naked as well. Just took the trash out (it's in the backyard on the side). It was a little chilly. Too chilly to stay out there, but still invigorating. I try to go naked as...

Thank you, that is good to know as my wife and I will be doing this in early January 2026. She does currently get SSDI and so when I claim, she will clain spousal benefits off of my record, and should get the difference between her SSDI and spousal benefits as a "dual" add on to her current...

I embrace it. I always tell people, I earned every grey hair on my head. I love the different stages in life. Now that I am 62 and SS aged, and almost retired my mindset is on retiring and enjoying the older years.

My feet point more or less north. And I flop like a dying fish. Left side, right side, back, then rinse and repeat. I used to sleep on my stomach, but I can't do that anymore comfortably with my aging girth. :)

Thaks all for the replies, I think for me since I have been working remote for the past almost 6 years (went on remote only at work when covid hit) my wife and I have adjusted to be around each other all the time. So that won't be a problem. As for the switch from work to retirement, work was...

Hi all, So I turned 62 on Nov 8th, and turned in my notice at work that I will retire at the end of the year. So another 6 weeks from this writing. Ihave done a lot of work looking at the finances, and what retirement life will be like and I think we are about as prepared as we can be. Now...