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This is the best I can do for a "Is it Friday yet?" picture.
Sums up my week very well. So, tell me how much I'll like retirement someday. Anyway, I can make it happen NEXT week instead of about 10 + years from now?
Is this something that just came out of the blue? If so, it could be a tough adjustment. It really depends on the person. For example, when I retired, I really retired. No second job. No part time. No contract work. Heck, if I wanted to work I was better off staying where I was. On the other hand, one of fellows I was tipping beers with last night retired 1-1/2 years ago and then went back on contract for 3 days/wk. It just ended the double dipping so we had to toast a couple. Another friend took another job in politics (Twp Supv) and he loves it. But kissing babies and spreading manure was always his thing. I had another friend who, like you, had one week to make up his mind and he was just in his mid-50s. He took it and in hind sight he was happy he did. For myself, I took a year of planning before making the jump and I don't think it was any easier than if I'd only had a week. Good luck.
Anyway, I can make it [retirement] happen NEXT week instead of about 10 + years from now?
Why would you not?
Although I like to think I'd jump at the chance, I'd probably ask myself this same question, though. I guess my possible answers would be:
1) I like the job to much not to do it. (OK. But could I do the same kind of job for a different organization, perhaps on a volunteer basis for a charitable organization that I'd rather work for and contribute to?)
2) I like the people too much not to see them every day. (This is a tough one to overcome, but I think that true friendships would continue and that I'd make other friends in whatever the next thing turns out to be.)
3) I wouldn't know what to do with myself. (Well, the first thing I'd do with myself is figure out that next thing. After I slept late and sat around on the patio enjoying them morning.)
4) As much as I hate to admit it, my personal identity and self-worth are wrapped up in my career, and ending it abruptly would create a significant "disturbance in the force", so to speak. (Probably true, but, hey, maybe it's time to get a real life. See #1 and #3).
Actually, I guess the real issue with making a hasty decision would be financial -- is this the right thing to do to ensure a secure future, or at least as secure a future as seems feasible? And that needs some study.
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Back to topic: Wonderful satire, but sad that it's so easily understood by everyone. Smart, creative, and (yes) assertive women are soooo much more attractive. HPH
12-07-2007, 12:40 PM
Maybe one of the talking bass. 
I had another friend who, like you, had one week to make up his mind and he was just in his mid-50s. He took it and in hind sight he was happy he did. For myself, I took a year of planning before making the jump and I don't think it was any easier than if I'd only had a week. Good luck.
I'm also puzzled as to why none of the ladies on this forum jumped in regarding my original post. 
