Just had enough

kyle86 wrote:

campingken wrote:
Kyle86,

What type of work interests you? I retired from Law Enforcement at age 48, started at 21, and received an excellent pension plus life time medical. While I was working I bought stocks instead of toys and this is why I was able to pull the plug at 48.

A suggestion would be for you to join the National Guard. Invest 100% of your Guard income in a Roth IRA and at age 60 you will have their pension as well as a sizeable chuck of available cash.

Some really great advice here thank you all!!!!! Sorry to hijack the thread a tad.

Campingken, I'm interested in everything technical and critical thinking. I have an analytical mind and crunch numbers a lot. I should have gone to school for engineering but went a different route. I've dabbled with the idea of going back to school, but a buddy of mine who has an engineering degree is having an equally hard time finding a good job.

I tried to join the national guard 2 years ago but was rejected due to bad hearing (working under hoods with air tools is my guess). I figured the problem is my location so I bought an RV to try and be more mobile so we could go where the jobs are or at least that's the current plan. It stinks to leave my house and relatives, but the more I look at it like an adventure, the more excited I get.

I'm totally open to advice and criticism, and the stories of retiring in the 40s is very inspiring. I am very good with money, the problem is just not enough of it coming it.

It's hard to make any serious specific recommendation without some basic information. You said you graduated from college, but didn't say what kind of degree.
There are lots of very good jobs available. Most colleges have job fairs, did you not attend any of those?
If I had it to do all over again, I'd get into one of those aircraft mechanic apprenticeship programs and work my way up to being an FAA inspector as well as getting my pilot's license.