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[bertine]

eyelid just wrote this post about retirement saving. It got me thinking about early retirement. I know that some people on my list are stay at home mom's or have non-traditional jobs so I know that everyone doesn't fall neatly into this but I just want to know.

Just so you know, I don't dream of early retirement, just of more vacation a year.

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[bella-phenomena.livejournal.com]

Also, I don't think it's practical to completely stop working, even if you had the 'enough' money to sustain you for 40 years or something. You never know. You're investments could go sour. You might end out having a lot of health problems around 60-65, that end up draining a lot more of your savings than you had anticipated, and then where would you be.

I think it's a good idea to keep up an income until 65 unless you're not able . . .

[bertine.livejournal.com]

Exactly. My dad, who is a couple years from the point where he can retire from the county, plans on working as a consultant once he "retires".

90% of the time I wake up in the morning and am happy to go to work. The rest of the time I am ho-hum about work and it is rare that I just don't want to go which is when I take "mental health days".

[bella-phenomena.livejournal.com]

I'm envious. I seldom "want" to go to work. In fact, the only reason I'm still at this job is because, over all, it's a pretty good gig, and I think the money is probably the best I'll see with not being directly in sales. And not being in management. And not wanting to become a doctor or other highly trained specialist. And not wanting a job where I have to be, like, on time. And where I don't have to deal with clients face-to-face.

I guess my "real" answer is, if I could retire early, I'd change careers to something I like and enjoy . . .

[bertine.livejournal.com]

Maybe I have a weird idea of what retired means? Hmm....

I didn't want to be in management for a long time then one day I realized that I did that I want to work my way up the corporate ladder. Sometimes that makes me laugh to think about but it is true.

[bella-phenomena.livejournal.com]

Why, what does retirement mean to you? That you stop working? I don't know. Most of the people I know who've retired end up being much busier with misc. projects than when they were working.