Retirement

Marvellous Jane10 and well done.
I retired from Nursing in June after many months of soul searching, and the weight of responsibility weighing heavily on me.
I didn't want to do nothing, so I took a three hour a morning cleaning job with my DH.
It is perfect. I have all the rest of the day to do with as I choose.
I hope you soon settle into retirement. It is a good life!

I "retired" in 1992 when I took voluntary redundancy, at the age of 49. I worked in a factory canteen, and they were going over to outside caterers, and we were being deployed to various parts of the factory. I didn`t want to do that, so took the redundancy offer. I said at the time that it would mean I had the time to do things that I neglected through being at work, or had to spend my weekends doing, but guess what? I still don`t do all that I should do, and enjoy being lazy, well, as lazy as an on call slave is allowed to be! Enjoy your retirement Jane10!

Congratulation. Enjoy every minute! I can only echo what others have posted. I retired two years ago and am busier than ever!
I actually feel guilty if I spend an afternoon lazing about. The bliss of not getting up at 6 am is still the main advantage, coupled with being able to travel out of school holiday times. Enjoy. X

Congratulations jane10 it will take a little while to adjust but you will and then find a lot more exciting things to do than go to work

I was apprehensive re retirement. How did this child of the '60s become 60? I have also been retired for 5 years now and I wouldn't go back to work for the world. I worked from the age of 16 to 60, with just two years off when I had my daughter. I meet up with ex colleagues for lunch now and then and the horror stories I hear about how things are now in my old workplace (a government establishment) make me pleased to be out of it.

Jane10, I retired nearly 5 years ago, and at the very beginning I felt a bit lost! Pleasantly so, though! No need to work to someone else's directions or standards (as was the law, of course ) and no need to put up with fools gladly, either. (Should my precious friend and one-time colleague be reading this, you know I don't mean you)!
After a few weeks things started to fall into place. Every day now is full of 'doing' things. Even if it's just a case of being there to help with family stuff, or just walking for as long as I want and when I want.
I volunteer at a Heritage Centre once a week and love it. I read and read into the night, if I want to.
You can do anything you like! Congratulations on this new phase of your life.

I do hope you enjoy your new life as much as I do Jane10 !

I hope you enjoy your retirement jane10 I can go in 2016 but am thinking about staying until 2018 to boost my very small pension. There's only about £10 week difference but £40 month may make a big difference if money is tight.I think about it a lot just lately weighing up the pros and cons Im looking forward to you letting us know how things go. I think your right it is the start of a brand new life

Congratulations, Jane! I'm new to this too, having retired 2 months ago. It came out of the blue via an unexpected offer of redundancy, so hasn't really sunk in yet. I'm giving myself a few months to settle before I decide whether I need to sign up for part-time work/volunteering/the U3A etc. At the moment I'm just luxuriating in doing what the heck I like when the heck I like. The money's rubbish, but the perks are fantastic!

congrats Jane. I retired in July and I'm loving the freedom of choice that it brings. So I am doing all of the above and also doing some part time paid work.

Retirement is bliss.

Congratulations ! Now enjoy your freedom. Join the U3A. Travel, sleep all morning. Lounge around in your dressing gown all day.

Congratulations Jane, it will take time to sink in especially when you wake up on Monday and realise you don't have to get up and go out in the cold but can lie there for as long as you want.
Just enjoy your party and look forward to lazy days doing what you want, when you want.