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August 31, 2011 at 3:08 PM #727907August 31, 2011 at 4:07 PM #726715
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GuestI have a slightly different perspective. My wife and I do well enough at our respective careers that we’ve always had one person home with the kids. We’ve been taking turns, on a 3- to 5-year timescale. I’m home with our kids right now. I do a bunch of volunteer work at the schools and for some other community projects.
The thing I worry about is this – what will our kids think of this? Do they think of me as retired? Lounging around the house?? When they were smaller, I spent plenty of time working 60-70 hour weeks on fun, cool projects at work and I loved it. And I think hard work carries you a long way. So I worry about my kids thinking life is easy, and relaxing, and you always have time for your kids, without realizing it took a bunch of sacrifice to get here and this hasn’t always been our lifestyle.
Yes, I want my kids to remember that I or my wife were always there for them when they were small.
But I also want them to remember that we both worked hard and loved our work.
So, when you think about retiring “to spend more time with your kids” think about the lessons they will learn watching you as well.
And remember, once they are 13, they won’t want to be seen in public with you anyway ;^)
August 31, 2011 at 4:07 PM #726801GuestI have a slightly different perspective. My wife and I do well enough at our respective careers that we’ve always had one person home with the kids. We’ve been taking turns, on a 3- to 5-year timescale. I’m home with our kids right now. I do a bunch of volunteer work at the schools and for some other community projects.
The thing I worry about is this – what will our kids think of this? Do they think of me as retired? Lounging around the house?? When they were smaller, I spent plenty of time working 60-70 hour weeks on fun, cool projects at work and I loved it. And I think hard work carries you a long way. So I worry about my kids thinking life is easy, and relaxing, and you always have time for your kids, without realizing it took a bunch of sacrifice to get here and this hasn’t always been our lifestyle.
Yes, I want my kids to remember that I or my wife were always there for them when they were small.
But I also want them to remember that we both worked hard and loved our work.
So, when you think about retiring “to spend more time with your kids” think about the lessons they will learn watching you as well.
And remember, once they are 13, they won’t want to be seen in public with you anyway ;^)
August 31, 2011 at 4:07 PM #727411GuestI have a slightly different perspective. My wife and I do well enough at our respective careers that we’ve always had one person home with the kids. We’ve been taking turns, on a 3- to 5-year timescale. I’m home with our kids right now. I do a bunch of volunteer work at the schools and for some other community projects.
The thing I worry about is this – what will our kids think of this? Do they think of me as retired? Lounging around the house?? When they were smaller, I spent plenty of time working 60-70 hour weeks on fun, cool projects at work and I loved it. And I think hard work carries you a long way. So I worry about my kids thinking life is easy, and relaxing, and you always have time for your kids, without realizing it took a bunch of sacrifice to get here and this hasn’t always been our lifestyle.
Yes, I want my kids to remember that I or my wife were always there for them when they were small.
But I also want them to remember that we both worked hard and loved our work.
So, when you think about retiring “to spend more time with your kids” think about the lessons they will learn watching you as well.
And remember, once they are 13, they won’t want to be seen in public with you anyway ;^)
August 31, 2011 at 4:07 PM #727565GuestI have a slightly different perspective. My wife and I do well enough at our respective careers that we’ve always had one person home with the kids. We’ve been taking turns, on a 3- to 5-year timescale. I’m home with our kids right now. I do a bunch of volunteer work at the schools and for some other community projects.
The thing I worry about is this – what will our kids think of this? Do they think of me as retired? Lounging around the house?? When they were smaller, I spent plenty of time working 60-70 hour weeks on fun, cool projects at work and I loved it. And I think hard work carries you a long way. So I worry about my kids thinking life is easy, and relaxing, and you always have time for your kids, without realizing it took a bunch of sacrifice to get here and this hasn’t always been our lifestyle.
Yes, I want my kids to remember that I or my wife were always there for them when they were small.
But I also want them to remember that we both worked hard and loved our work.
So, when you think about retiring “to spend more time with your kids” think about the lessons they will learn watching you as well.
And remember, once they are 13, they won’t want to be seen in public with you anyway ;^)
August 31, 2011 at 4:07 PM #727927GuestI have a slightly different perspective. My wife and I do well enough at our respective careers that we’ve always had one person home with the kids. We’ve been taking turns, on a 3- to 5-year timescale. I’m home with our kids right now. I do a bunch of volunteer work at the schools and for some other community projects.
The thing I worry about is this – what will our kids think of this? Do they think of me as retired? Lounging around the house?? When they were smaller, I spent plenty of time working 60-70 hour weeks on fun, cool projects at work and I loved it. And I think hard work carries you a long way. So I worry about my kids thinking life is easy, and relaxing, and you always have time for your kids, without realizing it took a bunch of sacrifice to get here and this hasn’t always been our lifestyle.
Yes, I want my kids to remember that I or my wife were always there for them when they were small.
But I also want them to remember that we both worked hard and loved our work.
So, when you think about retiring “to spend more time with your kids” think about the lessons they will learn watching you as well.
And remember, once they are 13, they won’t want to be seen in public with you anyway ;^)
August 31, 2011 at 4:19 PM #726725bearishgurl
Participant[quote=walterwhite] . . . maybe instead of crappy activities you can go for a walk, or practice meditation or grow bonsai trees or do 2 h of yoga per day. Or get rid of your car.[/quote]
scaredy, I agree with this, although I haven’t quite figured out how to get rid of my car, lol!
[quote=walterwhite]It’s the health issues IMO that are unknowable and just risky. But that’s life you could be working and still get bankrupted[/quote]
This is SO TRUE. And just because a “health issue” turns up doesn’t mean it’s catastrophic, and . . . even if it is, why does one HAVE to engage in a bunch of life-crushing invasive procedures that aren’t likely to be effective? Why not just accept that you might be getting close to “your time” to go and enjoy what time you have left??
The gardening and 2 hrs of yoga per day could stave off a LOT of “health issues” from appearing as long as one doesn’t indulge in too much food, drink and other vices, IMHO.
I vote for retiring at the base of Mt Shasta and doing 2 hrs per day of yoga outside (weather permitting, of course :=]) And keep a (older, paid for) car in retirement, just in case you want to visit other places. Just because you’re “old” and still own a vehicle doesn’t mean you have to drive it every day … or even every week.
I think a simpler life is what we should all aspire to in “retirement.”
August 31, 2011 at 4:19 PM #726812Participant[quote=walterwhite] . . . maybe instead of crappy activities you can go for a walk, or practice meditation or grow bonsai trees or do 2 h of yoga per day. Or get rid of your car.[/quote]
scaredy, I agree with this, although I haven’t quite figured out how to get rid of my car, lol!
[quote=walterwhite]It’s the health issues IMO that are unknowable and just risky. But that’s life you could be working and still get bankrupted[/quote]
This is SO TRUE. And just because a “health issue” turns up doesn’t mean it’s catastrophic, and . . . even if it is, why does one HAVE to engage in a bunch of life-crushing invasive procedures that aren’t likely to be effective? Why not just accept that you might be getting close to “your time” to go and enjoy what time you have left??
The gardening and 2 hrs of yoga per day could stave off a LOT of “health issues” from appearing as long as one doesn’t indulge in too much food, drink and other vices, IMHO.
I vote for retiring at the base of Mt Shasta and doing 2 hrs per day of yoga outside (weather permitting, of course :=]) And keep a (older, paid for) car in retirement, just in case you want to visit other places. Just because you’re “old” and still own a vehicle doesn’t mean you have to drive it every day … or even every week.
I think a simpler life is what we should all aspire to in “retirement.”
August 31, 2011 at 4:19 PM #727420Participant[quote=walterwhite] . . . maybe instead of crappy activities you can go for a walk, or practice meditation or grow bonsai trees or do 2 h of yoga per day. Or get rid of your car.[/quote]
scaredy, I agree with this, although I haven’t quite figured out how to get rid of my car, lol!
[quote=walterwhite]It’s the health issues IMO that are unknowable and just risky. But that’s life you could be working and still get bankrupted[/quote]
This is SO TRUE. And just because a “health issue” turns up doesn’t mean it’s catastrophic, and . . . even if it is, why does one HAVE to engage in a bunch of life-crushing invasive procedures that aren’t likely to be effective? Why not just accept that you might be getting close to “your time” to go and enjoy what time you have left??
The gardening and 2 hrs of yoga per day could stave off a LOT of “health issues” from appearing as long as one doesn’t indulge in too much food, drink and other vices, IMHO.
I vote for retiring at the base of Mt Shasta and doing 2 hrs per day of yoga outside (weather permitting, of course :=]) And keep a (older, paid for) car in retirement, just in case you want to visit other places. Just because you’re “old” and still own a vehicle doesn’t mean you have to drive it every day … or even every week.
I think a simpler life is what we should all aspire to in “retirement.”
August 31, 2011 at 4:19 PM #727575Participant[quote=walterwhite] . . . maybe instead of crappy activities you can go for a walk, or practice meditation or grow bonsai trees or do 2 h of yoga per day. Or get rid of your car.[/quote]
scaredy, I agree with this, although I haven’t quite figured out how to get rid of my car, lol!
[quote=walterwhite]It’s the health issues IMO that are unknowable and just risky. But that’s life you could be working and still get bankrupted[/quote]
This is SO TRUE. And just because a “health issue” turns up doesn’t mean it’s catastrophic, and . . . even if it is, why does one HAVE to engage in a bunch of life-crushing invasive procedures that aren’t likely to be effective? Why not just accept that you might be getting close to “your time” to go and enjoy what time you have left??
The gardening and 2 hrs of yoga per day could stave off a LOT of “health issues” from appearing as long as one doesn’t indulge in too much food, drink and other vices, IMHO.
I vote for retiring at the base of Mt Shasta and doing 2 hrs per day of yoga outside (weather permitting, of course :=]) And keep a (older, paid for) car in retirement, just in case you want to visit other places. Just because you’re “old” and still own a vehicle doesn’t mean you have to drive it every day … or even every week.
I think a simpler life is what we should all aspire to in “retirement.”
August 31, 2011 at 4:19 PM #727937Participant[quote=walterwhite] . . . maybe instead of crappy activities you can go for a walk, or practice meditation or grow bonsai trees or do 2 h of yoga per day. Or get rid of your car.[/quote]
scaredy, I agree with this, although I haven’t quite figured out how to get rid of my car, lol!
[quote=walterwhite]It’s the health issues IMO that are unknowable and just risky. But that’s life you could be working and still get bankrupted[/quote]
This is SO TRUE. And just because a “health issue” turns up doesn’t mean it’s catastrophic, and . . . even if it is, why does one HAVE to engage in a bunch of life-crushing invasive procedures that aren’t likely to be effective? Why not just accept that you might be getting close to “your time” to go and enjoy what time you have left??
The gardening and 2 hrs of yoga per day could stave off a LOT of “health issues” from appearing as long as one doesn’t indulge in too much food, drink and other vices, IMHO.
I vote for retiring at the base of Mt Shasta and doing 2 hrs per day of yoga outside (weather permitting, of course :=]) And keep a (older, paid for) car in retirement, just in case you want to visit other places. Just because you’re “old” and still own a vehicle doesn’t mean you have to drive it every day … or even every week.
I think a simpler life is what we should all aspire to in “retirement.”
August 31, 2011 at 6:17 PM #726789cvmom
Participant[quote=bearishgurl]
I think a simpler life is what we should all aspire to in “retirement.”[/quote]Sounds good, except in addition, I’d really like to travel more…
August 31, 2011 at 6:17 PM #726875Participant[quote=bearishgurl]
I think a simpler life is what we should all aspire to in “retirement.”[/quote]Sounds good, except in addition, I’d really like to travel more…
August 31, 2011 at 6:17 PM #727486Participant[quote=bearishgurl]
I think a simpler life is what we should all aspire to in “retirement.”[/quote]Sounds good, except in addition, I’d really like to travel more…
August 31, 2011 at 6:17 PM #727638Participant[quote=bearishgurl]
I think a simpler life is what we should all aspire to in “retirement.”[/quote]Sounds good, except in addition, I’d really like to travel more…
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