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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2022 17:17:47 GMT -5
Many years ago as my dad was getting close to retirement age, we were chatting on the topic, and he asked me what I would want to do.
Lots of classic options like travel, play golf more, etc. But despite having a number of interests that could potentially fill those days health willing, self-admittedly I'm a total bookworm and always have been (way beyond just comic books). Without having really considered it before, but also without hesitation, my answer was "read the complete Great Books" (a classic library of sorts that was developed by the University of Chicago originally covering many important works from antiquity up until relatively more modern times). 54 volumes in total, and some are quite voluminous. We had a set of these while I was growing up, and with a lot of long cold New England winters, it was a very conducive environment to extended periods of reading.
As the years pass, I also find myself increasingly looking for time to go back and revisit many classic comic series. So bottom line, increased time for reading is something I look forward to in retirement!
How about others? Things you look forward to doing, revisiting/picking back up, or maybe fortunate enough to already be doing!
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Post by MWGallaher on May 21, 2022 17:53:32 GMT -5
Every few years I take on the goal of reading one piece of Classic literature per month, those books that everyone supposedly read in school but I never did. I haven't yet made it the whole 12 months, but I have gotten around to finally reading: Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice, The Last of the Mohicans, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Oliver Twist, Moby-Dick, Vanity Fair, The House of the Seven Gables, Sense and Sensibility, Heart of Darkness, The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass, Jane Eyre, The Awakening, four Shakespeare plays, and more. A couple of years ago, I devoted my Classic Lit project to genre works of less academic merit but still great fame, with The Invisible Man, Riders of the Purple Sage, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, The Hound of the Baskervilles.
I hope to retire in about 5 years, and I anticipate learning a few languages, making music, and reading even more.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2022 18:54:37 GMT -5
Every few years I take on the goal of reading one piece of Classic literature per month, those books that everyone supposedly read in school but I never did. I haven't yet made it the whole 12 months, but I have gotten around to finally reading: Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice, The Last of the Mohicans, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Oliver Twist, Moby-Dick, Vanity Fair, The House of the Seven Gables, Sense and Sensibility, Heart of Darkness, The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass, Jane Eyre, The Awakening, four Shakespeare plays, and more. A couple of years ago, I devoted my Classic Lit project to genre works of less academic merit but still great fame, with The Invisible Man, Riders of the Purple Sage, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, The Hound of the Baskervilles. I hope to retire in about 5 years, and I anticipate learning a few languages, making music, and reading even more. That's some great reading for sure and an impressive amount you've made it through, it inspires me to set more of a goal too. I love your Classic Lit project titles as well, I'm embarrassed to say I only discovered Zane Grey a couple of years ago, but I thoroughly enjoyed Riders of the Purple Sage. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 21, 2022 18:58:21 GMT -5
I read quite a bit of prose already and don’t see that changing much upon retirement nor any real change in what I read (except maybe not avoiding some of the monstrously long books).
I do suspect I’ll do a fair bit more traveling and should be able to be a little less selective about the concerts I attend (weekday out of town concerts are a pain when you have to work).
Mostly I’m just far past ready to be retired. Ten years is too far out.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2022 19:00:09 GMT -5
Considering current economic circumstances, I am not sure I can afford to "retire" if I am healthy enough to work. I am not currently working because of hernia issues but am not eligible for disability so we are on one salary plus whatever little I make selling stuff right now. If/when the health issues are resolved, I will be back to work, and don't see a retirement horizon when I do. Most likely, I will have to schedule my funeral on my lunch break and have to find a way to return to work afterwards. Retirement for me is one of the "future fictions" that may as well be part of the Jetsons or some such as it as likely to happen for me as getting Rosie to do our housework and having a flying car.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2022 19:15:40 GMT -5
Considering current economic circumstances, I am not sure I can afford to "retire" if I am healthy enough to work. I am not currently working because of hernia issues but am not eligible for disability so we are on one salary plus whatever little I make selling stuff right now. If/when the health issues are resolved, I will be back to work, and don't see a retirement horizon when I do. Most likely, I will have to schedule my funeral on my lunch break and have to find a way to return to work afterwards. Retirement for me is one of the "future fictions" that may as well be part of the Jetsons or some such as it as likely to happen for me as getting Rosie to do our housework and having a flying car. -M I am so sorry to hear that, it feels like there are just so many overwhelming issues with disability, health care, pensions (and lack thereof) that are impacting so many people. I very much hope you do see progress with your hernia issues, and maybe that outlook is a little brighter down the road. For what it's worth (and I'm not just saying this casually) I really think you could be a full-time RPG game designer, writer, etc. I know it's probably a very difficult and competitive field to actually earn a living, but still wanted to say that. |
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2022 19:30:31 GMT -5
Considering current economic circumstances, I am not sure I can afford to "retire" if I am healthy enough to work. I am not currently working because of hernia issues but am not eligible for disability so we are on one salary plus whatever little I make selling stuff right now. If/when the health issues are resolved, I will be back to work, and don't see a retirement horizon when I do. Most likely, I will have to schedule my funeral on my lunch break and have to find a way to return to work afterwards. Retirement for me is one of the "future fictions" that may as well be part of the Jetsons or some such as it as likely to happen for me as getting Rosie to do our housework and having a flying car. -M I am so sorry to hear that, it feels like there are just so many overwhelming issues with disability, health care, pensions (and lack thereof) that are impacting so many people. I very much hope you do see progress with your hernia issues, and maybe that outlook is a little brighter down the road. For what it's worth (and I'm not just saying this casually) I really think you could be a full-time RPG game designer, writer, etc. I know it's probably a very difficult and competitive field to actually earn a living, but still wanted to say that. The market may have changed in the last 15 years, but the last product I wrote that went to print, which took six months to produce netted me around $69 total from PDF sales and since the contract was for a portion of profits and the book came out weeks before an edition change after months of delay, it netted me $0 for print sales. Unless you can get a job with WotC or one of the big boys, or the market reality of self-publishing and crowd funding have changed the landscape significantly, being a full time game designer pays less than being a part time fast food worker. I gave up because the new license with the edition change was a non-starter for 3rd party companies at the time. The release of 5E changed things again, but it really is a young man's game dependent on social media presence, crowdfunding, and internet hustling all of which take away from time actually designing and writing, so it's 2 full time jobs to even be able to be in the market these days unless you are already established, and well, I just don't have the energy for that at my age. There are some people who can make it work, I'm not one of them. -M |
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2022 19:44:49 GMT -5
I am so sorry to hear that, it feels like there are just so many overwhelming issues with disability, health care, pensions (and lack thereof) that are impacting so many people. I very much hope you do see progress with your hernia issues, and maybe that outlook is a little brighter down the road. For what it's worth (and I'm not just saying this casually) I really think you could be a full-time RPG game designer, writer, etc. I know it's probably a very difficult and competitive field to actually earn a living, but still wanted to say that. The market may have changed in the last 15 years, but the last product I wrote that went to print, which took six months to produce netted me around $69 total from PDF sales and since the contract was for a portion of profits and the book came out weeks before an edition change after months of delay, it netted me $0 for print sales. Unless you can get a job with WotC or one of the big boys, or the market reality of self-publishing and crowd funding have changed the landscape significantly, being a full time game designer pays less than being a part time fast food worker. I gave up because the new license with the edition change was a non-started for 3rd party companies at the time. The release of 5E changed things again, but it really is a young man's game dependent on social media presence, crowdfunding, and internet hustling all of which take away form time actually designing and writing, so it's 2 full time jobs to even be able to be in the market these days unless you are already established, and well, I just don't have the energy for that at my age. There are some people who can make it work, I'm not one of them. -M Oh wow, yeah, as you describe the reality of it, sadly I hear you, and it does feel like everything involves social media self-marketing these days. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 21, 2022 19:49:58 GMT -5
There’s a reason I’ve stayed at my job with the county when I could make more money elsewhere. Because I open that little envelope every quarter that shows I’ll be able to retire at about 75% of my current pay. Idaho’s public retirement is excellent.
I have a number of friends in private practice who will continue practicing until they’re older and grayer.
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Post by Rob Allen on May 21, 2022 20:03:39 GMT -5
The current plan is for me to retire in November 2026, a month before my 70th birthday. What I'll do then depends a lot on my wife's health. She'll be almost 80 at that point. We really should finish the remodel on our house that we started ten years ago. If I have the time and energy, I'd love to pursue my long-dormant interest in voiceover work and singing jazz.
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Post by Confessor on May 21, 2022 20:39:33 GMT -5
I plan to be passed out in an opium den in Limehouse most of the time. With a faithful side-kick coming to get me out and get me straight to solve just one last case every now and then.
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Post by berkley on May 22, 2022 0:52:38 GMT -5
I plan to be passed out in an opium den in Limehouse most of the time. With a faithful side-kick coming to get me out and get me straight to solve just one last case every now and then.
So pretty much the same thing you do now, then.
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Post by EdoBosnar on May 22, 2022 2:40:27 GMT -5
So pretty much the same thing you do now, then.
He said opium den, not crack house. |
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2022 7:11:42 GMT -5
I plan to be passed out in an opium den in Limehouse most of the time. With a faithful side-kick coming to get me out and get me straight to solve just one last case every now and then. If you change side-kick to bandmate or manager, and one last case to one last reunion show/tour, you might also be describing a typical rock musician "retirement". |
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Post by majestic on May 22, 2022 20:28:56 GMT -5
I plan on working full time another 5 yrs then go part time for 2 years before I totally retire.
My wife & I plan on traveling while we are in good health and when traveling becomes too much due to health reasons? Probably sell the house and go into a senior living situation.
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