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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An epitaph you never will see on a gravestone: I WISH I HAD SPENT MORE TIME WORKING, AND LESS TIME ENJOYING LIFE WITH MY FAMILY
I retired at 52, then immediately took an assignment in Johannesburg, South Africa for one year.
After that, boredom drove me to sea as a ship's captain. I now have over 7,000 hours as master in command on the open ocean.
Following that, I discovered I have a particularly nasty form of melanoma, which requires periodic chemotherapy and is somewhat painful, moreover it causes me to have bouts of severe depression. Inasmuch as I detest self-pity (which the chemo caused me to feel) I sought a way to take my mind off myself. To do this, I donated every day of my time and a considerable amount of money to my local Humane Society for a full consecutive 365 days. I cleared land, built fences for dog runs, made 100s of trips to vets, trained new arrivals, rescued mistreated dogs of all ages and personally found homes for 20 or so dogs.
Last June, we bought our coach and now will attack our "bucket list" of RV accessible destinations...we are now enjoying our first winter away from the snows and cold weather of Maryland as we bask under the palms in Naples, FL
I retired at 52, then immediately took an assignment in Johannesburg, South Africa for one year.
After that, boredom drove me to sea as a ship's captain. I now have over 7,000 hours as master in command on the open ocean.
Following that, I discovered I have a particularly nasty form of melanoma, which requires periodic chemotherapy and is somewhat painful, moreover it causes me to have bouts of severe depression. Inasmuch as I detest self-pity (which the chemo caused me to feel) I sought a way to take my mind off myself. To do this, I donated every day of my time and a considerable amount of money to my local Humane Society for a full consecutive 365 days. I cleared land, built fences for dog runs, made 100s of trips to vets, trained new arrivals, rescued mistreated dogs of all ages and personally found homes for 20 or so dogs.
Last June, we bought our coach and now will attack our "bucket list" of RV accessible destinations...we are now enjoying our first winter away from the snows and cold weather of Maryland as we bask under the palms in Naples, FL
