I love being retired!

Ruthe said:
I do what I want, when I want to. No Sunday night blues about a full week of work ahead of me😉
I have enough money to satisfy my whims and the health to do so. I go back and forth about getting a puppy.
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I'm glad I'm retired, although I did enjoy what I did. I don't miss having to get up in the wintertime with bad roads and having to drive to work. I also don't miss working short handed. I'm straddling the fence about getting a dog or cat. Since I'm not getting any younger, I wonder who will take care of them should I go first. It remains to be seen.
 
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I do the same with regard to having a dog... but one of the beauties for me when I retired was that I could take up and go anywhere I wanted and stay over for a few days or go on holiday for a few weeks and not be worried about finding someone to care for a dog...

Also I'm not an early riser, and having to get up in all weathers to take the dog out... puts me off tbh


Which country are you in ?
 
Late last year I was all but forced into retirement. The company's insurers didn't like a 79 year-old, so it was time to retire. Here's what I miss:
Work environments provide daily, structured social interactions that help combat the need to be occupied which reduces the risk of depression.
Continuing to work kept my mind active and engaged, important in that it helped sustain memory, something that can be quickly lost without a stimulus. The benefit of working in older age is the pleasure to give back, mentor, and share experience. It provides a sense of accomplishment, competence, and a, structured, meaningful, daily routine. I still miss it, but I don't mope, retirement is what it is.
 
When I retired I didn't have a dog, but when I got all the traveling out of my system. I bought a puppy. He was a lot of work. Four years later, he's still work. But it's work I wouldn't trade for anything. Oh he interrupts me when I'm in the middle of posting on the forum to go outside. He always alerts me an hour before it's time to be fed. I make him wait, but then he usually interrupts me 4 more times before feeding time, and then he gives up.

Sometimes he wakes me in the middle of the night to go out. It's annoying, but I'm loving him every minute that I'm fumbling around in the dark and then waiting for him to come back in. He's not out long. He gets it done comes back and crawls under the bed. Not more that 15 minutes have gone by.

So this is what we do in the retirement thread?
 
I feel exactly the same about retirement @Ruthe. No one else's schedule and rules to follow. Just the freedom to do what I want to. I was "forced" to retire at 62 due to how Covid affected my industry and it is the best gift my company could have ever given me! Glad to have you here!

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Hello @Ruthe and
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to SF!
 
A dog is a beautiful creature. They provide companionship, amusing moments, and give us humans a purpose in taking care of them. They are soft and furry, a joy to rub and touch. Yes, they are kind of like children, needing help, guidance, correction, cleaning, proper feeding, brushing, haircuts, but boy they sure are handsome when groomed and my heart bursts with pride when we go out together in public.

They are my eyes and ears to alert me when something is afoot outside. When friends or family come over, they serve as the most enthusiastic welcome party. At night when I go to bed, they find there spot next to the bed with their own cushion and pillow. In the still of the night I hear their breathing and snoring. All is at peace.
 
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