Posted on 01/22/2018 9:33:34 AM PST by Olog-hai
This is nonsense. I’ve been retired for a number of years now and I.........wait, what we discussing again?
I remember observing as a younger person how often people passed away shortly after their retirement. I decided then that I wouldn’t retire without something substantial to occupy my time. As I near retirement, I’m giving it much more thought about what that something might be. Very likely, I’ll become one of those busy-body volunteers for organizations whose goals I support. Because I should have an adequately-funded retirement and I have some desirable skills, I think that I would be more help than pest. It would give me some reason to get up in the morning and give me a sense of worth while allowing some flexibility so I can visit kids and grand kids.
not if you’re an active FReeper!
That’s why I will always have a job, as long as I have the wits and the physical ability.
I think it’s important to have someplace to be every morning, even if it’s a small paying, part-time job. I think callling it completely quits on being productive is the fast track to the cemetery.
As I tell my clients, I will be here until I can’t find my way here.
” I think callling it completely quits on being productive is the fast track to the cemetery.”
I’ve been on that track for 20 years,and so have most of my friends.
How do you define”productive”?
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A job with a regular time commitment every week. It could be paying or volunteer work. 15-20 hours a week, or more if you like. Not back-breaking work, but contributing to the fabric of society.
“Retirement causes brain function to rapidly decline, warn scientists”
No, the correct title is, “Retirement causes brain function in UK pensioners to rapidly decline, warn scientists”
Nonsense. Spouse is nearly 91, naps with his feet up every day,ipad reader and mind clear as a bell.
Actually, for about the first three months after retiring I felt I was “losing it”, and was afraid.
Turned out it was just a matter of adjusting to a different structure in life, and new interests and activities that stimulate the mind.
I’ve forgotten a lot I needed to know when working, especially when it comes to technology. But I am learning other things that fit into my life now.
It's considered bad form to attack a group of people without previewing your post...it can make you look less intelligent than the people you're denigrating.
As in your post, FRiend.
My day starts with two cups of coffee, the daily Sudoku and scrabble puzzles in the paper, and FR.
I've also lined up a part time job to get me out of the house 4-5 days a week. The section I'm working in has several people in their 60s, and one gentleman is 78. I think I'll fit right in.
That's for sure, and I'm not even fully retired yet!
“Retirement?
I’m going to have to work on the day I die.”
I am planning to work until the day AFTER I die...
Thanks for being so kind. But your not overlooking a fault is in itself a fault.
Rather than "downsize" to a condo when we retired, we sold our townhouse in Arizona and up and moved the whole shooting match to Florida to build a farm and raise Angus beef cattle on.
We bought 35 acres, built a new home, 3 barns, 3 sheds, corrals, cross-fenced the whole property and put in water lines, stock tanks and gates for 10 paddocks . We bought tractors, trailers and equipment to operate the place.
We have a 2,500 lb. Angus bull and 16 head of prime beef heifers with 9 calves on the ground with 2 more to be born yet.
We think this adventure working on our farm has kept us busy, motivated, young and in shape.
We have not done any rocking on the front porch gazing at our navels so far and don't plan to.
If you don't stay active in retirement, you will die.
She said that many universities have audit programs for senior citizens, where they can audit a class for no grade, sometimes for free. She suggested that retired seniors audit local college classes and challenge liberal professors on the extreme things they say, because the seniors don't have to worry about grade retaliation.
Retired conservatives could offer college students an unfettered viewpoint based on the entirety of their lives in the workforce. Most won't tolerate complaints of micro-aggressions from snowflakes; young college students can't hold a candle to a person with 40 years in the "real world" to draw upon, and most seniors won't give in to childlike tantrums from people who are supposed to be learning from others from different backgrounds in a university environment.
-PJ
The UK is running out of money for “pensioners”.
They are trying to scare people into not retiring.
All their money is being gobbled up by immigrants.
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That is true.
I retired a year ago this month and I’ve never been busier. Thirteen years of deferred maintenance on the house and property creates a very long list of projects. That will slow in time, of course - I should just about be finished in 2052. Unless something else comes along. Which it will.
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