My new life!

[TheAnalogGuy]

My new life as a retiree!

 

[drifter106]

Man if that ain't the truth!

 

[flowrider]

When I retired 18 years ago. My late wife gave me this She told me that this is only clock you now need. She was a GREAT Lady

Lou

 

[Inphoto]

Well done gentlemen! you have plenty of time!
Looking forward for my retirement in 2024, but I think family and grandkids will keep me busy (not that I don't want to, but I think that even on retirement I won't have enough time for myself..)

 

[i-G12]

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QFT

 

[gjl711]

As I get closer to retirement my body wakes me up earlier and earlier. I don't think I can stay in bed past 7:00am any more. By the time I retire, it's probably going to be 6.

 

[MakisM1]

As I get closer to retirement my body wakes me up earlier and earlier. I don't think I can stay in bed past 7:00am any more. By the time I retire, it's probably going to be 6

0600 is the new 0830

 

[mathogre]

I've always had a chaotic wakeup time. I worked an odd schedule while raising our daughter, and now I'm retired. YAY! Sort of. It's okay. Overall I enjoyed my work. I retired because my company was doing stupid things, and I had sufficient Fiscal Year money (substitute terms as appropriate) to give them their earned one finger salute.

I will say the stress levels have dropped. There's no more getting up at 5:30am on ten hour work days (Thursday through Saturday); the other two days (Tuesday and Wednesday) were five hour work days that started after noon. The six mile/nine KM commute, which ranged from 15 minutes to 50 minutes one way is gone. It's really nice to not set an alarm most days. I stay up crazy late and wake up 9am-ish, if I feel like it.

 

[DBG Studios]

Retirement?!
Those twin girls in my profile picture turned 4 a few months ago. I suppose I have a few more years...

 

[Lubos-PM]

My dad once told me - "I've never had so little time as I have since I retired." And he was right! It's also because things take longer than they used to. Sometimes I think about something I used to solve quickly, only now I don't know how.

Before my wife retired, we got up at 5:30 on weekdays, so I automatically woke up on weekends, and she was able to sleep longer. Now we don't have to get up, but I still wake up around 6:00. The worst was the first week I came back from India recently - I went to bed between 10 and 11pm CET, but woke up between 7 and 8am Indian time, so between 2.30 and 3.30am CET, and couldn't get back to sleep.

 

[gjl711]

... The worst was the first week I came back from India recently - I went to bed between 10 and 11pm CET, but woke up between 7 and 8am Indian time, so between 2.30 and 3.30am CET, and couldn't get back to sleep.

Did you try melatonin? If not, next time give it a go. It sort of resets your circadian rhythm. I found it most useful when traveling to Japan, then back.

Melatonin

Find out how melatonin can promote sleep and understand possible side effects of this supplement.

www.mayoclinic.org

 

[Lubos-PM]

Did you try melatonin? If not, next time give it a go. It sort of resets your circadian rhythm. I found it most useful when traveling to Japan, then back.

Melatonin

Find out how melatonin can promote sleep and understand possible side effects of this supplement.

www.mayoclinic.org

Thank you, I'll try it.

 

[gjl711]

I only needed it for 2/3 nights and all went back to normal. It really helped on that first night though. That's always the hardest.

 

[TheAnalogGuy]

The retirement age in Norway is 67 years, I’m 70 so I worked 3years «overtime». I intended to work until I’m 72 years old, but the company said «No» and sent me home with 6 months pay! Well, in one way I can understand the company. They want a young, dynamic profile and we oldtimers are not into that category exactly. But on the other hand, they send more than 50 years of experience home on one week notice. But that is not my problem now!

 

[Lubos-PM]

The retirement age in Norway is 67 years, I’m 70 so I worked 3years «overtime». I intended to work until I’m 72 years old, but the company said «No» and sent me home with 6 months pay! Well, in one way I can understand the company. They want a young, dynamic profile and we oldtimers are not into that category exactly. But on the other hand, they send more than 50 years of experience home on one week notice. But that is not my problem now!

The problem of many companies nowadays is young dynamic management without experience...

 

[gjl711]

The problem of many companies nowadays is young dynamic management without experience...

Not where I work, This is closer to our management team.