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04-15-2011, 22:48

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Retired - Whats Next

I am too young to retire at 58 but 70 hour work weeks took a toll on me. So after 33 years I retired and returned to work as a contractor. Now that they have to pay for my hours they are very concerned that I don't work excessive hours. So I am pretty happy with the deal. However, I only have a 6 mo contract so have to begin getting new engagements pretty soon.

It was time to begin another phase of life. I figured I will have to work forever so I might as well learn to survive on my own. I set up an LLC (Clear View Statistics) and hopefully will fill in some time before this first engagement ends.

I hope to see more tractor time this year. Last year I extended a neighbor's lawn, planted some trees for another and I have some projects for other neighbors this year. All are free work just to make sure I have some friends

I have begun to sell some excess stuff in my house. I am getting my wife to clean house. And gone is my precious Gravely lawn tractor. I have my old beer making supplies for sale. Time to downsize. But my tractor will be here until I can't remember what it is.

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Thanks Harvey. I can't begin tapping the 401K yet. Also, the big corporation capped my retirement income years ago so its just enough to pay taxes and health care. I am one of the lucky ones. Today's younger employees get a 5% salary match and thats it - no 401K.

We are going to have to learn to live on less. This was a gamble that I could lose or just remain even. After watching buddies peel away with cancer I just decided that I would rather have less and end my years being more in charge of my time.

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