Retirement: A Full-Time Job

Picturing Retirement: Working at Living

Photo Friday  I have a backlog of fabulous retirement photos from readers to post, but this one from Margaret inspired me today because it also came with a wonderful description:

"After 50 + years, of living at work, Friday the 30th of March I retired. Saturday the 31st of March I begin working at living."

Congratulations Margaret!

 

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Photo Friday: March Hailstorm

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I know I owe you another post with the last part of my Bankrate.com interview.  And I know at least one of you is waiting patiently (or maybe not so patiently) for a post discussing the "3% rule."  But I've got too much other stuff to do today, so perhaps tomorrow.  

The weather in the San Francisco Bay Area has been so beautiful this winter (and same with spring so far), it's almost like winter just decided to skip us all together this year.  Such a contrast to last year at exactly this time of year.  This is a picture of our back deck the night of March 17th, one year ago.  

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Picturing Retirement: When Life Gives You Lemons . . .

 

 

Photo Friday  The most prolific fruit tree in our garden is a Meyer Lemon.  Aside from a twist of the peel for my martini, I'm not sure how to use them all up.  Anyone have any good recipes, maybe using the actual inside of the lemon?

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Picturing Retirement: Dance Like No One is Watching

 

 Photo Friday:  Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner.  My favorite picture of retirement so far, from Banjo Steve.  (I only wish the image were larger!)

Talk about pure joy!

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Picturing Retirement: Procrastination and Brain Teasers

Photo Friday  On procrastination:  I've been thinking of many blog posts over this last silent month but getting none of them on (virtual) paper.  Sorry about that.  On brain teasers:  The reason is because of what we bean-counters (even part-time bean-counters) call Busy Season.  I'm only somewhat embarrassed to admit how much fun I've been having using the left side of my brain these last few weeks.  When a part-time job demands full time, it's a lot easier to handle than when a full-time job feasts on your soul as well.

Which brings me to the next brain teaser. Yesterday I received a great question from a reader, Craig.  He asked, "Although you already have "Enough," if you could work for exactly one year starting tomorrow, and make $500k after tax (working full-time but without killing yourself), would you do it?

The truth is I haven't figured out the answer to that one yet, but I'd love to get your answers to get the conversation started.  Especially those of you that are retired or are not yet retired but hate your jobs.  (Obviously if you are already working in a full-time job you love, this would be a no-brainer.)

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Picturing Retirement: Bring it on Santa!

Photo Friday:  For some reason, for the last two years of my retirement, I haven't managed to get my Christmas tree until a day or two before Christmas.  Seems funny that I couldn't find the time until the last minute, but it did mean a significant discount on trees those years (although not much of a selection to choose from.)  But last night I got the tree decorated, poured myself a glass of eggnog, and enjoyed the scene TWO WHOLE WEEKS before Christmas!

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Picturing Retirement: Coco-sitting

Photo Friday:  My neighbors are out of town for the holiday week so I get to spend a little quality time with Coco each day while they are gone.  Today we watched a couple hours of television together.  Studies have shown that petting a cat brings blood pressure levels down, which is very helpful when watching the talking head "news" shows.

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Picturing Retirement: Babysitting

Photo Friday:  Here’s a little perk of retirement that most grandparents can identify with.  Getting to spend some quality time with my little friend Luca while his mama was at a doctor’s appointment.  Couldn’t do that when I was still working.

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Picturing Retirement: Home Improvement

Photo Friday:  Ok, so besides travel, the other thing I was really looking forward to in retirement was painting the all the faux finishes out of my house.  This picture was a few months after I retired.  Three years later and I still have one room left to de-faux.  Go figure.

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Photo Friday: The Theme is Hereditary

Photo Friday:  This week's picturing retirement photo was very hard to choose.  The wide selection of destinations my parents traveled to in the last year included Barcelona, Turkey, Dubai, Oman, Costa Rica, Miami and the Yucatan.  I settled on the gulet that was their home for several days in Turkey.

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