Ten years ago I retired...

[SAnd]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3z3jeQ0tPk

I Wish You All Well.

Steve Anderson
Still happily retired.

[flogger]

Wow, 27 years....! Enjoy the rest and relaxation, just keep the salt and pepper shakers filled and take a nap whenever you F-ng feel like it!

[Sawin]

Color me Jealous.
I’ll have to work for at least a decade longer in order to retire, and I’m planning to do so “early”.
How fast was the first 10 years of retirement compared to working?

[10x]

In 2010 i was able to retire early. Being retired is the best job i ever had. I excel at doing nothing.

[Irving]

Congratulations. I enjoy seeing you hanging out at Ark every time I go in there.

When I pay off my house, I plan on standing on a street corner with a sign that says "I worked really hard and paid off my house!"
On the back, where only I can read, it will say, "And the market made it double in value at the same time."

[BPTactical]

I bailed 6 years ago after 24 years.
I work more now than I ever did and love it even more.

[cstone]

Congratulations! I joined the KMA club just a few months ago. I'm hoping I find something to do soon before I go out of my mind with boredom.

Be safe.

[Ramsker]

Congrats!

At 51 . . . I think about this a lot more. Have 2 kids to get through college. Son starts at DU this fall and daughter will probably be at CSU starting the year after. Need to go at the rat race hard for probably another 5 years and then hope to start scaling back. Wife is probably going back to work soon to try to really knock out the tuition and to pad the retirement savings during that stretch. We'll see how it goes. House had been paid off for a few years and no other debt--until college starts. We have around 3/4 of what we'll need for tuition and housing squirreled away already, but we want to bank as much as possible in the college years just in case.

[Bailey Guns]

Good for you, SAnd! Glad you're enjoying yourself.

I've been kinda half-ass retired, on and off, for several years now. I work, but it's an easy job and keeps me in gun, tractor, truck and Harley money. And, like Irving, we're in the express lane for paying off the house. So, it won't be early retirement, but it won't be too much longer, either.

[Irving]

I've really tapered off on the accelerated house payments this year and last, which is unfortunate because I've not been doing anything productive with the extra money. :(

[OtterbatHellcat]

Congrats to all that are able to, and have retired. Equally as well for those that are also making the later years of mortgage speed up and go away sooner.

I look forward to not having to work until I'm 65, and there are some signs that I may not have to.

Part of the reason for getting out of here soon, is to get into my forever home at a relatively young enough age to still be able to do things and function. Yes, I'll still have to work but then I can still work on the house, bring a paycheck in, and have everything done....so I can chill in 10 yrs from now.

:)

[StagLefty]

Never saw the growth and housing boom coming on the Front Range. Shoulda planned better !!! Part time jobs in the summer usually keeps the wheels greased.

[Alpha2]

I bailed 18 months ago at age 64. My trophy wife made it possible by suggesting a 15yr mortgage, and paying extra every month. The only money I'm providing at this time is from side jobs. Eventually I'll start tapping Soc. Sec. and retirement funds, but no need to now, so I don't. No debt is way cool. (Okay, having no kids helped, too.)

Retirement is heaven.

[Gman]

I'm mentally prepared for retirement. It's the financial part keeping me from it. [Coffee]

Retirement these days isn't what it used to be. Many retirees are finding low-pressure jobs that keep them engaged mentally and socially.

[bczandm]

I'm mentally prepared for retirement. It's the financial part keeping me from it.

I identify as a 67 year old but Social Security and Medicare still won't give me benefits because I'm in my late 50's. :)

[OtterbatHellcat]

Great...now we're gonna need special bathrooms just for 67 year old wannabes.

;)

[Gman]

Great...now we're gonna need special bathrooms just for 67 year old wannabes.

;)

Depends

[ChickNorris]

Great...now we're gonna need special bathrooms just for 67 year old wannabes.

;)


Depends

I see what you did.

[Gman]

I'm subtle. Like a sledgehammer. [Coffee]

[whitewalrus]

Depends

LOL! Nice!

[whitewalrus]

Congratulations on retiring and being able to do whatever you want to instead of what you have to everyday.