Daily writing prompt
How do you want to retire?
The concept of retirement for yours truly came to fruition over just a few months back in the early spring of 2022. Up until that point, we never really thought about retirement.
Somewhere in the cauldron of emotions and just plain things we needed to do back at that time, was a realization that this was retirement for me - a year or honestly more than a few years early. The funny thing is I don't remember thinking much about it nor the dollar implications of retirement. All I can say and did say back then out loud to anyone who would listen is that "When it is the right thing to do it simply is the right thing to do."
Don't think too much - just act.
I guess some folks or perhaps many have an idea or vision of how they want to retire or what they want to do when they retire. Stuff like travel(I like that), volunteering more, maybe taking up another career or getting more involved or deeper into a particular hobby.
We've never really thought about it much, other than the obvious choices like travel. Part of the issue is I had always expected to work full-time much later in my life, like really later. So never gave it much thought other than a vague idea of travel or owning a cottage in my retirement years.
Back in 2022 at that time, I did write two posts that touched on retirement a bit. The first post is "An Era Finishes". The second post was written the day after my last full-time day at work - "The Next Chapter." They may provide a bit of an insight into where I was way back then.
There was no party at work; no party at home for that matter ........mostly due to the fact we had so much to get done over the following week before our house sale closed.
But, what I do remember is the following six or seven days that we stayed with Lynn's aunt(more of a sister than an aunt) after our house closed in Ontario, but before our deal closed in Nova Scotia. It ended up being one of the most stress-free weeks of my life. It even feels good now sitting here reflecting back on that.
--as always with love--
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