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Originally Posted by KC911
Indeed...but I'll never quit "working"...it's just "I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more" 
Key points (from my perspective). Totally debt free for years, multiple income streams, a few houses (plus acreage in the country) to keep me busy for a LONG time...but on MY terms. Just got totally burned out on corporate bs... |
Love it.
I have been lucky in the past few years and was able to basically take the summer off with my son, catch up on a lot of projects on the farm, etc.
I entered into another partnership six weeks ago with our first, "do we still want to do this meeting" last week. The answer was yes. We are all in our fifties/early sixties and the whole point of the six week meeting was to honestly appraise how we work together to minimize the bravo sierra, see if our ego's meshed, make some money but have, in the mean, fun doing it.
Other stuff cooking as well, but it is all stuff I want to do, that I am interested in doing.
So, to the OP, my suggestion is beyond the financial and health advice you have received, start looking for your second act possibilities now. It doesn't have to be much, just something engaging.
A lot of my buddies retired like I did after 26 years in the military. None of them really "needed" to work. The range of occupations is quite interesting: Those that stayed in the DC area most hit it pretty hard with defense contractors or civil service. These are the type A folks who really need to work full time, full throttle. A few teachers in the mix, a financial planner, a writer and a full time farmer.
Those that moved back "home" to less tax intensive, cost of living areas had a more creative bent: Robotics, professor, one guy runs Habitat Stores, another does home health services (which he started) in Arkansas, golf pro, football coach at a high school, part timer(s) at Lowes, and my favorite, a good friend who drives a rental car shuttle bus at the Orlando Airport.
He is a wealthy man by reasonable standards, lol funny and took the shuttle bus gig because it pays well, he works three days a week and can take off anytime. He also loves a crowd and he lights up the bus...he says the tips, especially from the older women, are incredible.
Who knew.
Good luck and enjoy the freedom to choose.