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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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[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.