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By: LivingAlmostLarge

LivingAlmostLarge — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:27:13 +0000

I think working keeps you more mentally and physically active.

By: karla (threadbndr)

karla (threadbndr) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:52:10 +0000

I’m planning on working or volunteering maybe 20 to 30 hours a week once I retire. If I don’t have a job to get me out of the house, I tend to get just a touch agorophobic and not leave at all. Once I’m OUT, I’m fine, but getting out the door can be difficult.

By: LivingAlmostLarge

LivingAlmostLarge — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:36:54 +0000

I think I’d like to do something that is fun like running a restaurant or something.

By: fengshui

fengshui — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:23:04 +0000

“I’m saving for early retirement.
This work-thing is getting very tiresome.”

I personally plan to work PT, perhaps 16-20 hours per week in a teaching position, such as an assistant professor for a graduate nursing program. I couldn’t imagine not working at all in my 60’s, etc. I seriously would be bored. I love to garden in the summer, but even that wouldn’t fill up my entire week. And I won’t even mention how depressed I would feel being retired in the winter. I wouldn’t know what to do with myself…. To me, teaching grad students is creative and inspiring, it doesn’t seem like work to me. But, I fortunate that I have fallen into a career that I love, and have flexibility in…..

By: savvy

savvy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:28:58 +0000

Probably not unless it was infrequent freelance work (assuming it was something I enjoyed). I want more time to do the things I enjoy – travel, volunteering, hobbies, etc.

Right now, working finances all those endeavors as well as allows me to put aside savings for when I will no longer work.

By: TStrump

TStrump — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:12:35 +0000

I’m saving for early retirement.
This work-thing is getting very tiresome.

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By: momthing1

momthing1 — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:53:22 +0000

I am saving for retirement because I want to continue to enjoy such things as oatmeal and electricity when I am in my 70s, 80s, and perhaps beyond.

I do not want to be a burden to my children and/or grandchildren.