R-pod Owners Forum : Retiring http://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : General non-pod discussion : Retiring Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:10:00 +0000 Sun, 28 Jul 2019 11:03:46 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=12928 R-pod Owners Forum http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png http://www.rpod-owners.com/ Retiring : Congratulations on your upcoming... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=125974#125974 Author: 1nana2many
Subject: 12928
Posted: 28 Jul 2019 at 11:03am

Congratulations on your upcoming retirement! I, too, am retired, though my husband has not yet taken the plunge. He is contemplating it harder every day. Though I do agree that I love being retired now, there is a bit of an adjustment period involved. You don’t realize how much you affiliate who you are with what you do for a living until you stop doing it. Give yourself that time to adjust and figure out your new reality. It will get better as you set a new daily routine. I’ve met a few people who really struggled with retirement and found another job to keep from going stir crazy. I personally contemplated doing that myself...now I’m glad I refrained from following that urge. Remember this: It’s ok to say no to people who think you should use all your new “free” time to help them out. You earned that time to choose what you want to do with it! I don’t mean to be the voice of gloom and doom, just want you to give yourself that transition time. Enjoy your retirement!]]> Sun, 28 Jul 2019 11:03:46 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=125974#125974 Retiring : Originally posted by marwayne I... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=125885#125885 Author: Motor7
Subject: 12928
Posted: 22 Jul 2019 at 5:17pm

Originally posted by marwayne


I have bin retired for a few years now, but almost every day I ask myself, how did I ever have time to go to work.


THIS

I SWEAR I took more vacations when working 60 to 90 hrs a week. Retired in 2007 at age 49 and I work for me now....not "The Man".]]> Mon, 22 Jul 2019 17:17:23 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=125885#125885 Retiring : Retirement is the best EVER!!!!!Congratulations.... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=124782#124782 Author: crw8sr
Subject: 12928
Posted: 12 Jun 2019 at 5:54pm

Retirement is the best EVER!!!!!
Congratulations.
]]> Wed, 12 Jun 2019 17:54:22 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=124782#124782 Retiring : I have bin retired for a few... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=124766#124766 Author: marwayne
Subject: 12928
Posted: 12 Jun 2019 at 11:16am

I have bin retired for a few years now, but almost every day I ask myself, how did I ever have time to go to work.]]> Wed, 12 Jun 2019 11:16:49 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=124766#124766 Retiring : I've been semi-retired for... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=124758#124758 Author: GlueGuy
Subject: 12928
Posted: 12 Jun 2019 at 10:24am

I've been semi-retired for a little over 5 years. I still do consulting on a one-day-a-week basis with the company we sold our business to. However, I think I will be hanging up my spurs in the next year or two.]]> Wed, 12 Jun 2019 10:24:37 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=124758#124758 Retiring : I'm planning to retire within... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=124757#124757 Author: TheBum
Subject: 12928
Posted: 12 Jun 2019 at 10:14am

I'm planning to retire within the next 3 years, shortly after I reach 60. My only real concern is health insurance to hold me through to 65 when Medicare kicks in. I'm really looking forward to every day being Saturday and not having to plan around my work week.]]> Wed, 12 Jun 2019 10:14:50 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=124757#124757 Retiring : Appreciate all the advice! I do... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=124754#124754 Author: Subzilla
Subject: 12928
Posted: 12 Jun 2019 at 9:54am

Appreciate all the advice!  I do have other hobbies, interests and projects besides Podding:  church, Boy Scout leader (specifically Order of the Arrow stuff), off-roading the old K5 (always been in the blood since younger but just now able to pursue it more in the last 5 years), and many house/vehicle/yard projects to keep me busy for a long, long while.  I don't plan to get bored but if I do, you will never hear me complain about it.  And I probably will be busier than I can imagine as y'all suggested but again, you will never hear me complain.  Haven't the flexibility every day to do what I want, when I want will be quite nice.]]> Wed, 12 Jun 2019 09:54:50 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=124754#124754 Retiring : Greetings:I have been retired... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=124749#124749 Author: crankster78
Subject: 12928
Posted: 12 Jun 2019 at 8:22am

Greetings:

I have been retired for 22 years, retiring at 57.  You will find ways to fill up Your days.  The main thing is to develop hobbies and interests,  learn something new every day!  Be happy with the simple things in life, read, walk, stay upright.  Good luck and happy travels, don't be a couch potato.  

Crankster78  2015 R-179
]]> Wed, 12 Jun 2019 08:22:53 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=124749#124749 Retiring : Congratulations! If you think... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=124742#124742 Author: StephenH
Subject: 12928
Posted: 11 Jun 2019 at 8:49pm

Congratulations! If you think you will kick back and have nothing to do, think again. Retired life can be even more busy than working life! You just get a bit more choice in the things that keep you busy. Thumbs Up]]> Tue, 11 Jun 2019 20:49:25 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=124742#124742 Retiring : Congratulations!!Retirement is... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=124731#124731 Author: Pod People
Subject: 12928
Posted: 11 Jun 2019 at 5:02pm

 Congratulations!!
Retirement is not over rated!
Your pod and your blood pressure will appreciate this.
Good luck and enjoy.
Vann( retired in 2011)

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Subject: 12928
Posted: 11 Jun 2019 at 1:09pm

GRATS!!!!]]> Tue, 11 Jun 2019 13:09:12 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=124723#124723 Retiring : Well, we are turning the page... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12928&PID=124722#124722 Author: Subzilla
Subject: 12928
Posted: 11 Jun 2019 at 12:24pm

Well, we are turning the page to a new chapter in our lives.  The wife and I are retiring July 31!!!!!  We both have worked for the City of Charlotte for more than a couple of decades and it is time.  We have a couple of situations both good and bad that are allowing us to pull the trigger.  But we are very blessed and thankful for where we are!  
All kinds of events this year:  the son graduated NCSU and got his first full-time job as a job recruiter this past December, the daughter is getting married this coming Saturday, graduated Auburn Vet School and has a job at a large animal clinic just north of Durham, NC.  The new way of life is hard to mentally grasp at this point but the one thing I do understand is the unlimited potential to go Podding whenever we get the urge and not just on the few unbusy weekends it seems we've always had.  Mid-week, un-crowded campgrounds....here we come.   Pod rallies.....here we come.  Long, extended trips across multiple states and regions.....here we come.Thumbs UpBig smile
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