Age 64 - work T-W-T with full benefits and a %0% match no limit on my 401K.
I do enjoy my 4 day weekends.
What do you do to keep busy?
I do enjoy my 4 day weekends.
What do you do to keep busy?
Lion Jim - How's retirement going?
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not Lion Jim but wow on that match! ( it would be nice to know the correct number) One would be fool not to max out on that!! But the no limit 401k I'd like you hear more about, especially seeing how the IRS maxs you out at $26,000 for the year.
What Are the 401(k) Contribution Limits for 2021?
You can invest up to $19,500 in 401(k) plans in 2021, and anyone age 50 or older can put in an extra $6,500 as a “catch-up” contribution (that’s a grand total of $26,000 for those keeping score).1
Doing great. Now that we’ve redone our kitchen and gotten our daughter married, my wife and I are finally considering ourselves to be retired. Gym, keeping the house up, math.
I didn’t check. Not thrilled with the pictures but nobody cares except me.
I think you should go ahead and post some of those pictures. You'll get honest feedback here.
I’m one of those who topped out with a doctorate. My knowledge is very broad but not as deep as I’d like. I still work on problems virtually every day. I get a big kick out of pretty proofs, and many math books are written by great stylists, superb writers. I dig that immensely.
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I'm an engineer but love math and astrophysics (probably more than engineering). What you describe is indeed very cool, probably way over my head (didn't go past Diff EQ). Love watching Numberphile on Youtube.
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Sorry for the confusion. I meant to say that my company has no limit. I put in the $26k and they match $13k.
On the weight. My daughter is getting married next weekend and although I dropped down to my first goal I didn't hit or come close to my pick up women on the beach weight. As LJ said, nobody really cares but me.
Thks now there aren’t many companies doing that so IMO you are smart taking advantage of that as it’s free money!! Just like getting a $13k raise!!
Correct. Take home pay sucks but the 401k is looking nice. Best part is working 3 days a week though with 4 day weekends.
I'm retiring 12/31 and everyone keeps asking what I am going to do with my time. I don't really know. I have the list of things I want to do around the house, more golfing, more fly fishing. I'm ready to get out and assume I can figure it out as I go.
People ask me what I do all day now that I’m retired. My response? Whatever I want to do!
I worked my tail off for decades. After a life of calls, meetings, spreadsheets, reporting, grinding, countless nights away from family, deadlines, tough customers, idiot bosses, lazy colleagues, etc, if just feels great to do what I want to do. Heck, I drove 5-1/2 hours (one-way) to El Paso to pick up some Yuengling.
I’ve had no issues finding things to do to keep me busy and my mind working. Volunteering at a couple of charities, working on my blog, guest lecturing, traveling, honey do list, ancestry.
Retirement rocks!
I worked my tail off for decades. After a life of calls, meetings, spreadsheets, reporting, grinding, countless nights away from family, deadlines, tough customers, idiot bosses, lazy colleagues, etc, if just feels great to do what I want to do. Heck, I drove 5-1/2 hours (one-way) to El Paso to pick up some Yuengling.
I’ve had no issues finding things to do to keep me busy and my mind working. Volunteering at a couple of charities, working on my blog, guest lecturing, traveling, honey do list, ancestry.
Retirement rocks!
My company was bought out a few years ago, there have been a great number of retirements (I expect to join soon) -each one of them absolutely love being retired.....
Don’t have my retirement date solidified yet, but going to happen sometime within the next 18 months. While I’m not quite sure yet what I’ll do with all my new found time, I’ll have fun figuring that out!
My retirement date is 12/17/21. I haven't decided what I am going to do. I have a meeting with the "Office of the Aging" (OUCH!) to help figure out health insurance. Worked straight for 33 1/2 years. I'm ready for what I don't know. I told my wife maybe I'll get a job at the grocery store bringing in carts. She reminded me that I would have an 18 yr old boss.
Those who don’t like retirement lack imagination and hence like being told what to do.
I retired in 2020 and it's been great so far. Did 8 backpacking trips, a few thousand miles of cycling and lots of volunteer work for an organization I'm involved with. I'm course setter for a series of races this weekend so will probably miss the PSU game tomorrow. I'll find out what I missed by checking the board afterwards.
The possibilities for retirement activities are endless if you are open to trying things.
The possibilities for retirement activities are endless if you are open to trying things.
Remember in retirement you have nothing "urgent" to do and all day to do it.
And that my friends is a good thing.
And that my friends is a good thing.
I retired at the beginning of the year. While I liked my job and, for the most part, the people with whom I worked, my energy was lagging and I was mentally checking out. I have enjoyed my retirement so far. The best part is that I don't HAVE to do anything or go/be anywhere - I can do what I want my wife wants when I want my wife wants. I kept busy doing projects around my new retirement house and dealing with organizing several things that I have collected over the years (baseball cards, coins, beer mats). I'm also now putting in about 18,000 steps/day. But I'm starting to get a little bored and may crave human contact beyond 24/7 with the "ball-and-chain" (she probably needs a break more than I). I've started looking for some kind of job that I think that I would enjoy but haven't yet thrown myself into the search (got turned down for an Assistant Brewer at a local microbrewery hoping that my science background would help). Overall, retirement is not bad though.
Of most importance and as hard as it is to believe, you've become an even better poster. You should consider applying for the open assistant moderator job, the pay and perks are primo.
Retirement means volunteer work, fishing, biking, golf and watching history and western channels. BBQ and cooking too!
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