Retirement on the Brain

With my retirement only two days away now, I've been voraciously reading other bloggers' interesting and insightful posts about retirement, and want to share some of them with you. 

Boomie, a recent commenter on my question "If you had the money to retire now, would you?" shares her experience entering retirement at 50, and then back out again one year later.

Kendall writes so poetically about her recent entry into retirement.  She seems to be relishing each and every moment of her new life in a whole new city.  I hope I will be able to savor each morsel as she has captured here.

I share Silicon Valley Blogger's excitement in retiring from our jobs THIS FRIDAY, and will be thinking of her too as I sip my champagne at dinner with friends.

Cheryl is on the road, and I'm sure is impatient, to reach the finish line at the end of this year when she, too, will retire to a new phase of life.

And 27-year old Elizabeth, is already aspiring to be able to quit full-time employment in her 30's so that she can be the owner of her own time.

Redefining retirement as a world traveler who "mostly works" through her "retired" years, Minerva shares her "Poor Retirement" story.

Millionaire Mommy who retired at 40, shares her path to financial freedom and glimpses into her family's life.

And lest we not leave out the men, I am also entertained by Jacob at Early Retirement Extreme, who could actually retire now, but hasn't "found anything sufficiently meaningful to replace a full fledged career with."

I certainly intend to add my own experiences as a retired gal very shortly!

Comments

[Early Retirement Extreme]

Update: I'm working on getting a freelance job. I think freelancing is the way to go as a way of scaling back or getting control of my time. A day job simply takes too much time and it pays way more than I need. Blogging is also quite meaningful. I feel I'm making more of a difference by blogging than I did as a cog in the machine.

[Retired Syd]

I have to say, I totally identify with your thoughts on blogging. I'm finding it WAY more fulfilling than I have ever felt at my job. (Whether it makes a difference to anyone or not, just the process of creating I find to be extremely rewarding!)

Thanks for the update!

[The Digerati Life]

Your list of early retirees and the message of this post are very inspiring! I especially appreciate the comments on this post about how fulfilling blogging can be. What is great about it is how flexible it is on your time and how open it is to your "creative venting". After a long time, it can be tough to keep a blogging schedule but there's no rule you have to keep to that schedule either! It's a great place to be.

As for your retirement, Syd -- CONGRATULATIONS! So glad to be able to share this moment with you...