Semi retirement guilt You opinion
For those of you who are older and wiser, and have been there done that. What say you, have we made the right choice? Here is the deal, I am 58 dw 60, like you we have worked hard our whole life. ...
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My father "retired" at 58 as an assembly foreman of a machine manufacturer. He started working full-time 6 months out of the year at his "hobby", trim carpentry. He also contracted and sold two houses a year as he did while working his old job. He had 4 by-passes at 60, started walking 5 miles a day and following all doctor's orders. He would winter in Florida with my mom and take it easy. He was out for his morning walk at his Florida condo when he suffered fatal sudden cardiac arrest on Valentine's Day 17 years ago next month, 1 month after his 66th birthday. He was still "working" 6 months out of the year when he passed away. He at least had 8 "half years" of "retirement", if he'd retired at 65, 1 year would have been it.
I had 3 heart "events" in one week two years after my father passed away at the age of 48. After 6 months of rehab, back to work I went. I had on-going problems, my cardiologists "retired" me at 50 saying "you won't last 6 months much less a year more, working". My wife took full retirement 5 years later at 55, the 1st date she could as a teacher. We went full-time that summer 8 years ago. We spend October to April South of I-10 and I function well with my weakened heart and my 3rd ICD, but weather under 40° isn't good for me at all. Warmer weather means we can get out, ride bikes and walk, which is good for us both.
Guilt, No.....but I still wake up one or two days per month at 3 AM thinking I have a customer appointment that day 300 miles away after 13 years.
As for Scottiemom, the DW...she still gets excited when we pass a school in session...Since she's not there! No Guilt there either.
I had 3 heart "events" in one week two years after my father passed away at the age of 48. After 6 months of rehab, back to work I went. I had on-going problems, my cardiologists "retired" me at 50 saying "you won't last 6 months much less a year more, working". My wife took full retirement 5 years later at 55, the 1st date she could as a teacher. We went full-time that summer 8 years ago. We spend October to April South of I-10 and I function well with my weakened heart and my 3rd ICD, but weather under 40° isn't good for me at all. Warmer weather means we can get out, ride bikes and walk, which is good for us both.
Guilt, No.....but I still wake up one or two days per month at 3 AM thinking I have a customer appointment that day 300 miles away after 13 years.
As for Scottiemom, the DW...she still gets excited when we pass a school in session...Since she's not there! No Guilt there either.
