I’m not sure yet. I imagine security or video surveillance. Hard to find much work outside of those with a corrections background. I’m retiring early at 50. I’ll give up the approximate $150 a month to retire five years early. There’s a casino close by who pays well for security. All you do is check ID’s, do escorts, and drive patrol vehicles. Only their supervisors are authorized to be physical with people. Sounds like an easy job for a corrections retiree. They also have a ton of people watching cameras. Either one would work for me.
This post was edited by Rizz at October 14, 2018 2:20 PM MDT
Sorry you're not enjoying retirement, Einstein. I sure am. I can't do so much physically. In fact, most mornings it's painful to get out of bed. I tried to work in the yard yesterday but only lasted one hour. That was because of the heat. This evening it was cooler and I was much more vigorous and had more stamina. Other than that I love having my time be my own almost all the time. I don't have to jump when a psychopathic supervisor says jump. I am much more relaxed; I sleep better and can even take naps which used to be impossible for me. Now we travel and can stay away as long as we want. It used to be as tiring as work to try to cram as much fun into two or three weeks of vacation time as is humanly possible. With no kids to support (for the most part) we have more money for ourselves. To me, this is life worth living - at last.
Immensely. I'm busy with projects, happy most of the time with most of my relationships, healthy, and more emotionally stable than in the past. Am making the most of it while it lasts.
Oh, yes. I get paid for doing nothing. I no longer have to commute on dark, snowy mornings or sit inside on a beautiful spring day. I do my shopping when the stores are not crowded and when I meet my friends for lunch, I don't have to hurry back to work before I'm ready. I thought I would miss my job because I liked it a lot and got a lot of personal satisfaction from doing it well, but I get all the same benefits from a once-a-week volunteer stint without all the workplace politics and stresses. I am working on keeping physically fit within my limitations so I can stay independent as long as possible. I have the time, energy and money to give back to the community. Life is good.
Pretty good but sometimes I think I have too many commitments and obligations but when I take time out to be lazy for a day or two then I find myself bored sitting around doing nothing.
My biggest beef is that it can be painful for me to do much walking around.
This post was edited by Kittigate at October 14, 2018 8:15 PM MDT
Commiserations. I remember when my life was literally 24-hour care for a relative. Retirement can be a bummer unless one has good health and adequate means, and that includes one's nearest and dearest.
Perhaps they know your ironic style of humour, already recognising that, with the way you practise your faith, you will die at peace with God and an expectation of a good afterlife.
I've worked harder and had more responsibility in retirement than at any time that I was working. Now I'm facing bypass surgery. It's been a barrel of laughs. And I'm only 22 months into it.
Rizz 