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The Retirement Thread

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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
May 2022
8:16pm, 13 May 2022
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Thank you, I am for the most part very happy in my job but want to do more of what pleases me, I shall be 68 this year so I think I have worked enough years, I have had some form of employment almost continuously since I was 16 :-)
Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
May 2022
8:18pm, 13 May 2022
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Then you certainly deserve it x
Diogenes
Diogenes
May 2022
8:19pm, 13 May 2022
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I’m pretty certain, if work agree, that I will go down to 4 days from September. I’d like to retire properly in 2026
Diogenes
Diogenes
May 2022
8:20pm, 13 May 2022
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My work these days is not stressful and I don’t dislike it, but I want to enjoy life while I can and walk lots.
Fields
Fields
May 2022
8:22pm, 13 May 2022
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I am wondering if work will let me do my 37 hrs in 4 days at some point. Would been longish days though
GregP
GregP
May 2022
8:25pm, 13 May 2022
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Looks like Mrs Jigs, me and Bobzo are targeting the same date?
Mandymoo
Mandymoo
May 2022
8:51pm, 13 May 2022
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Nice one Mrs Jigs

Have just realised it will be a year in a couple of weeks since I retired - that certainly flew by
Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
May 2022
8:52pm, 13 May 2022
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Wow that certainly has MM
TROSaracen
TROSaracen
May 2022
8:57pm, 13 May 2022
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22 years at my job. Years 1-18, mostly ok - hard work, periods of stress, but moments of satisfaction. Some super busy periods, some quieter spells.

Years 19-22 an absolute meat grinder of hell. Relentless. Never close to getting on top of stuff, just a matter of trying to do enough today to keep the wolf from the door. Conversations with managers saying ‘ I can do this, or that - not both - which is the priority’ ‘Both’.

I ended up doing less hours, and probably less work in those last years than previous. What’s the point of doing 3 extra hours a day if it barely scratched the pile of urgent stuff and you were still deep in the brown stuff. Getting paid to walk away was magical!
alpenrose
alpenrose
May 2022
9:19pm, 13 May 2022
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Well done MrsJ. :)

I was with a lady today whose husband at retirement was diagnosed with terminal cancer and didn't live much longer. Very sad I thought.

When I got home this afternoon, I found a brown envelope on the doormat - my invitation to apply to take my state pension, looking forward to a bit of a pay rise in a few months time. :)

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