Retired!

28 Jul 2021

As of today, I am now officially retired

I decided to take an early retirement to allow for more time with friends and family, and for hobbies - including this tech/maker/creator hobby I just have not had enough time for lately.

And hey, perfect timing... The element14 shopping cart that I won for this spring's fun robot project arrived a few days ago!

-Nico

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colporteur over 4 years ago in reply to neilk +9

My scenario was similar. I retired early and my spouse who loves her job, is continuing to work. Ironically, she got a promotion into a senior management position and a salary to reflect it. I'm now a…
jw0752 over 4 years ago +8

Hi Nico, Glad you will have time to enjoy life a little. Retirement took a while for me to adjust to but I am very happy with it now. Sounds like you have a plan in place and that will help with the transition…
colporteur over 4 years ago +8

Welcome to the land of more living.

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kmikemoo over 4 years ago

My Dad retired early. He loves it. He is now 82 and has NO plans on stopping.
He's been on chemo for leukemia for almost a year and finally started registering some white blood cells last week. His response? "Good. How I can get back to travelling again."
When he says travelling, he means driving from Maine to Florida (about 1,500 miles each way).
He actually gripes about the "old people". To him, it's a frame of mind.
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kmikemoo over 4 years ago in reply to kmikemoo

Oops... "Now I can get back to travelling again."
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kmikemoo over 4 years ago in reply to kmikemoo

Oops... "Now I can get back to travelling again."
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