My turn has finally arrived

[woodroe]

Welcome to the retiree's club Gere !
Good luck keeping track of what day of the week it is without having 
to get up and be somewhere at a certain time. 
Like others have said its nice to wake up in the morning and do mostly
whatever you feel like doing. 
Sounds like you've got plenty to keep yourself busy if you feel like being busy.

[jb616]

I thought i would do a search instead of starting a new thread so I thought it appropriate to pull this one back up. So, it's my turn to retire from my "day job" of 44.5 years at an Office Furniture manufacturer. I started at 17 years old when I wasn't allowed to run any machinery and finished out in the Corporate office.  Now I get to play on my 40 where i just had a new house built.  My Sawmill is here along with lots of firewood to split .  I got my buck here this year as well as my turkey. There is also plenty of fishing to do with a handful of really good inland lakes and Lake Michigan within 5 miles. Today is a fine example of what @Magicman would call the glaciated north. 26 degrees and 30mph winds but i have to get out and prep the mill for a 60 "log" cedar job for cabin siding.  Seems nice to wake up and say "what do I want to do today?"     So far it looks like I have plenty to do as I am unpacking all of my rifle / handgun reloading supplies, and will resume the geneology research of my family amongst woodworking projects and putting the finishing touches on the house. Well, the snow is going sideways but it's not getting done by sitting here enjoying the warmth of the stove, so time for some "fresh" air. 

[SawyerTed]

Congratulations!   

Retirement is an art.  It took three failures at it for me to figure out how to be retired.  And yes, success is "waking up and the deciding what to do today."  

[Magicman]

December 16th will mark my 30th anniversary being retired from working for the man. 

It's also ending my 21st year of sawmilling. 

[Ljohnsaw]

Not sure how I missed this the first time around. My last day was June 13, 2013. So I've been retired for 11.5 years next week.

Doing way more now than when I was working and it does take longer to do. Just look at my 5 year cabin project that is on its 11th year 🙄