Retirement ain't perfect ​?... ​

[BayouSlide]

 

32 minutes ago, Captain Phil said:

All I can say is find something that's worthwhile and satisfying to do in retirement.  If you sit around and do nothing, you will rust.  

I will hazard a guess that  people who have the most interests/hobbies/passions outside of worklife are the ones who will most enjoy and benefit from the extra time and freedom that retirement can offer. That's certainly true for myself and my wife.

[Bird]

1 hour ago, BayouSlide said:

 

I will hazard a guess that  people who have the most interests/hobbies/passions outside of worklife are the ones who will most enjoy and benefit from the extra time and freedom that retirement can offer. That's certainly true for myself and my wife.

Both replies are precisely accurate. 

I've struggled to fill voids mainly in cold winter months. 

My wife has always been my best friend, no issue there......non that I'm aware of. Lol

[BayouSlide]

1 hour ago, Bird said:

I've struggled to fill voids mainly in cold winter months.

Come on down to Louisiana...you can bass fish all year and the food's great!

 

Bet Catt would offer to show you around Toledo Bend ?

[Catt]

Y'all lucky ?

 

I was forced into retirement by 3 ruptured discs & torn ligaments. Took me 3-4 years just to be able to stand up straight & walk.

 

10 hours ago, BayouSlide said:

Come on down to Louisiana...you can bass fish all year and the food's great!

 

Bet Catt would offer to show you around Toledo Bend ?

 

 

[N Florida Mike]

On 1/1/2022 at 7:16 AM, ironbjorn said:

I don't get this way of thinking/life. Why be in a situation/relationship where you have to sneak around to do something you like? Neither my ex wife nor my fiance care(d) one bit about my fishing or gaming. Loving a person is also accepting their hobbies and enjoying that they're having fun. Happy spouse, happy house is far more productive than happy wife, happy life.

I agree100% , but I think the comment was partly tongue-in-cheek…

[BayouSlide]

19 minutes ago, Catt said:

Y'all lucky ?

 

I was forced into retirement by 3 ruptured discs & torn ligaments. Took me 3-4 years just to be able to stand up straight & walk.

 

Dang Catt, that IS doing it the hard way ?

[Catt]

11 minutes ago, BayouSlide said:

 

Dang Catt, that IS doing it the hard way ?

 

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

[cyclops2]

If I stayed single ?  I would only need Friday night motel money.  Look at all the extra money I have from being married.

[Bird]

19 hours ago, BayouSlide said:

Come on down to Louisiana...you can bass fish all year and the food's great!

 

Bet Catt would offer to show you around Toledo Bend ?

I'd have no issues living in the south as I look out the window at 5" of snow. 

Was on Bourbon street twice and you are correct, the food was fantastic. 

[Scott F]

I retired a few years earlier than expected due to a ruptured disc too. It was the best thing that has ever happened to me. I’m living the best life I could have hoped for. Not a day goes by that I don’t appreciate not having to get up early, fight traffic, having to make my customers and a boss happy, or be on call 24/7. I’m not wealthy by any means, but I have everything I need, no debt and no worries. 

[Catt]

12 hours ago, Scott F said:

I’m not wealthy by any means, but I have everything I need, no debt and no worries. 

 

Everything I own is paid for, no house note, no car note, no credit cards. 

[TOXIC]

Been retired for a couple of years and I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t a difficult transition for me.  On one hand it’s nice not to have the commute and responsibility I had but on the other hand I’ve been working in some form since I was 13 years old. My father owned restaurants and I was cheap labor.  From a life of working to being retired was a huge adjustment.   My job did not define who I was but the simple fact that I worked for so many years was a big change.  As for the wife, we joke about it.  When I was working she snipped at the fact that I was fishing all my free time.  Now that I’m retired she’s trying to get me out of the house and fish more.?. Another good thing is that I can spend more time on the sponsorship road promoting companies like Yamamoto.  ?