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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Snowman9000 wrote:
OP,
Heck, you are paying for a lot of other people's pensions who are retired at your age. If you can afford to at least semi-retire, good for you.
I fully retired early by selling my business. I had a lot of guilt over being a bum. You can laugh but for some of us it is a real thing. DW kept trying to convince me that no one else cared. She was right. If you want to do it, go ahead, and own it with no guilt.
Snowman, you nailed it, that is exactly how I feel. My DW, like yours thinks I am crazy, And is very much enjoying, this semi retirement. She works with me same hours.
And has zero guilt. I think I will get there, but is going to take a little more time for me.
And if drives the businees in the ground. (although I don't think it will) Then that wound will be self inflicted. I will own that as well.
It was a choice I (we made) and must live with the result. Good or bad.
