Hung up my spurs

[Jim Owen]

Signed a form today severing me from employment. May 31 is my exit date.

I still enjoy my job, my colleagues, and my students. But it’s time for me to ease into the sunset.

[Gryf]

Congrats! I’ve been retired for a few years now. It’s a bit of an adjustment, but I could not be happier! Hope your last few months go by well (and quickly!)

[Dirk Hofman]

Big life change! Congratulations. Wishing you the best in your next chapter.

[rampix]

Congrats on the upcoming retirement Jim. A lot of we retirees wonder how we ever had time to work?

When asked how I like retirement, I retired 11/2017, my answer is “the best gig I’ve ever had”!

[Pura Vida]

Congrats, Jim. I retired in January 2023, so I'm still adjusting...

But as much as I loved my job, company, co-workers, and paycheck.... I'm enjoying having more bandwidth for things that are important to me. Family, health, music, etc.

[leew3]

Congrats! Take time to adjust to it but enjoy having won the race. I'm at 8 months and still adjusting yet enjoying every minute.

[H165]

Retirement can be fun. It is for me. Long as you have something interesting to do (and, most of the time, someone to do it with).

[DCCougar]

Originally Posted by Jim Owen

I still enjoy my job, my colleagues, and my students. But it’s time for me to ease into the sunset.

Yeah, I enjoyed my job, but I also enjoyed not having to get up in the morning and go into work 5 days a week! Retirement is what we work for... At least that's how I look at it. Cheer up! Retirement is NOT pre-dead!

[birdsong]

Congrats! I love reading all the retirement (or pre-retirement) posts here.

I can't wait. I have so many things I enjoy doing besides my work, which I also enjoy. I'm ready for more time spent on the non-work activities I do. So many things to do and enjoy in this world.....

[Glennwillow]

Wow, Jim!

That's a very big change for you! I hope you are able to enjoy your retirement. It took me about five years to get used to the whole situation, and in the meantime I worked part time. It has been seven years now for me, and I'm finally comfortable with retirement.

Best of luck to you Jim and congratulations!

- Glenn

[RP]

Originally Posted by Jim Owen

Signed a form today severing me from employment. May 31 is my exit date.

I still enjoy my job, my colleagues, and my students. But it’s time for me to ease into the sunset.

As Jerry told George, it's best to go out on a high note. Many congrats on your impending retirement....

[Bridgepin]

Congrats Jim, I pulled the plug coming up on three years ago and I just love it.

Having a strong hobby is something I have felt was a big bonus.

It sounds like you still did like what you were doing so I think there might be more of an adjustment there that I had, I was ready as Freddy in the starting blocks to get out.

[zuzu]

Congratulations! Three years for me and I am loving it. Oh, I am still consulted now and again if something comes up they have never seen before, and compensated well for my time. But I definitely have no plans to actually hold down another job.

The way it is now, to be perfectly frank, I don't know how I ever had the time to work. I am a busy, happy, and contented man. I do need to take a bit better care of myself...

[Slothead56]

Congratulations! “Retirement” is the best job I’ve ever had.

It was an adjustment at first…I’d traveled pretty heavily the past 10 or 11 years. I was a true road warrior and loved it. Going from 100MPH to nothing was hard at first but the adjustment has been fine. Stay in touch with friends, read a book, catch up on 40 years of not enough sleep, make new friends. Heck, I even just got a little job at a public golf course behind the counter. 8 or 10 hours a week.

You ran the race and came out on the other side…good for you!

[Murphy Slaw]

Once you get the Social Security, pension, Medicare, Medicare supplement, drug plan and other paperwork in order it's great.

Up until then, you'll think it's more work than your job...