Retiring
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Topic: Retiring
Posted By: Subzilla
Subject: Retiring
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2019 at 12:24pm
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Well, we are turning the page to a new chapter in our lives. The wife and I are retiring July 31!!!!! We both have worked for the City of Charlotte for more than a couple of decades and it is time. We have a couple of situations both good and bad that are allowing us to pull the trigger. But we are very blessed and thankful for where we are! All kinds of events this year: the son graduated NCSU and got his first full-time job as a job recruiter this past December, the daughter is getting married this coming Saturday, graduated Auburn Vet School and has a job at a large animal clinic just north of Durham, NC. The new way of life is hard to mentally grasp at this point but the one thing I do understand is the unlimited potential to go Podding whenever we get the urge and not just on the few unbusy weekends it seems we've always had. Mid-week, un-crowded campgrounds....here we come. Pod rallies.....here we come. Long, extended trips across multiple states and regions.....here we come.   ------------- Mark Concord, NC 2017 RP 179 "Podzilla" 2011 Silverado 1500 4X4 |
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Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2019 at 1:09pm
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GRATS!!!!
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Posted By: Pod People
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2019 at 5:02pm
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Congratulations!! Retirement is not over rated! Your pod and your blood pressure will appreciate this. Good luck and enjoy. Vann( retired in 2011) ------------- Vann & Laura 2015 RPod 179 https://postimg.cc/0zwKrfB9"> 
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Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2019 at 8:49pm
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Congratulations! If you think you will kick back and have nothing to do, think again. Retired life can be even more busy than working life! You just get a bit more choice in the things that keep you busy.
------------- StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
Posted By: crankster78
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2019 at 8:22am
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Greetings: I have been retired for 22 years, retiring at 57. You will find ways to fill up Your days. The main thing is to develop hobbies and interests, learn something new every day! Be happy with the simple things in life, read, walk, stay upright. Good luck and happy travels, don't be a couch potato. Crankster78 2015 R-179 ------------- Crankster 78 R-179 2015 |
Posted By: Subzilla
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2019 at 9:54am
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Appreciate all the advice! I do have other hobbies, interests and projects besides Podding: church, Boy Scout leader (specifically Order of the Arrow stuff), off-roading the old K5 (always been in the blood since younger but just now able to pursue it more in the last 5 years), and many house/vehicle/yard projects to keep me busy for a long, long while. I don't plan to get bored but if I do, you will never hear me complain about it. And I probably will be busier than I can imagine as y'all suggested but again, you will never hear me complain. Haven't the flexibility every day to do what I want, when I want will be quite nice. ------------- Mark Concord, NC 2017 RP 179 "Podzilla" 2011 Silverado 1500 4X4 |
Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2019 at 10:14am
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I'm planning to retire within the next 3 years, shortly after I reach 60. My only real concern is health insurance to hold me through to 65 when Medicare kicks in. I'm really looking forward to every day being Saturday and not having to plan around my work week. ------------- Alan 2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod" 2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4 Three cats |
Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2019 at 10:24am
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I've been semi-retired for a little over 5 years. I still do consulting on a one-day-a-week basis with the company we sold our business to. However, I think I will be hanging up my spurs in the next year or two. ------------- bp 2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
Posted By: marwayne
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2019 at 11:16am
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I have bin retired for a few years now, but almost every day I ask myself, how did I ever have time to go to work.
------------- If you want something done right, do it yourself. 2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
Posted By: crw8sr
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2019 at 5:54pm
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Retirement is the best EVER!!!!! Congratulations. ------------- Chuck & Lyn Izzy, Morkie. RIP Zoe Joy & Gracie, Yorkie 2018 R Pod 190 2019 Traverse In moments of adversity;when life's a total wreck, I think of those worse off than me and really feel like heck. |
Posted By: Motor7
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2019 at 5:17pm
THIS I SWEAR I took more vacations when working 60 to 90 hrs a week. Retired in 2007 at age 49 and I work for me now....not "The Man". ------------- 2016 R-Pod 176T |
Posted By: 1nana2many
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2019 at 11:03am
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Congratulations on your upcoming retirement! I, too, am retired, though my husband has not yet taken the plunge. He is contemplating it harder every day. Though I do agree that I love being retired now, there is a bit of an adjustment period involved. You don’t realize how much you affiliate who you are with what you do for a living until you stop doing it. Give yourself that time to adjust and figure out your new reality. It will get better as you set a new daily routine. I’ve met a few people who really struggled with retirement and found another job to keep from going stir crazy. I personally contemplated doing that myself...now I’m glad I refrained from following that urge. Remember this: It’s ok to say no to people who think you should use all your new “free” time to help them out. You earned that time to choose what you want to do with it! I don’t mean to be the voice of gloom and doom, just want you to give yourself that transition time. Enjoy your retirement! ------------- The mountains are calling and we must go...O.D., Keith & Jody 2016 RP179= O.D. (Olive Drab) 2008 Coachman Captiva 1993 Jayco 1206 popup 2016 F150 Supercrew |