This is a journal of how I am making a transition from full time work to an early retirement.
My last full time paycheck will be early March of 2011 where my 25 year career at the same
place will be ended by an early voluntary retirement. (Through the magic of unused vacation time owed, my
actual last day in Dec 30th,k 2010, but my last full time pay is March 4, 2011.)
For the past 25 +years I have worked as a nurse, but had other jobs in many types of office work and sales before joining the nursing world.
I do believe that once a nurse always a nurse, but this blog is to help those who look forward to a new life after retirement.
Many of you, like me, have seen countless coworkers vanish into the world of retirement. You say "keep in touch" but few ever do. What the heck happens to them? Were they happy they did it? What joys or "if only's" occur in the first year? I promise to stay with you to fill you in on
the rest of the story. Many will keep in touch by facebook, but sharing in a blog is deeper.
According to actuary tables, people who retire early and get interested in their life's passion - even a second career - live longer than those who stay chained to a job they have grown weary of. I think you know the ones who retire at 65 only to live a few years after that. This is why, although having an income at the top of our pay scale, it may be more lucrative in the log run to start over early.
For now, parting words for all of you who say- why leave your job when you are bound to make less than you do now, if you have to start over:
"If you love what you do, you will never work another day in your life."
--Confucius
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ReplyDeleteRegarding the typo
ReplyDelete"For those of you who year to do this,"
I was thinking about 2 groups.
1. Those who yearn to do this
2. Those who are within a year of planning this.