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I've said this before. I retired at 57 after coming back from a major heart attack. Stayed for a year and then bye bye. Financially I had prepared for that moment for a very long time so I could go whenever it was time. My 2nd act was to teach english as a second language - in other countries and at home. I had taken a 2 yr certificate program at U of CA. When I started teaching it was here as a volunteer altho I could have gone for a paid position but $$ wasn't necessary. I wanted to do some pro bono good in the world. After about a year and a half I decided while I enjoyed teaching I didn't like all the prep work - developing lesson plans and the like. I didn't like it during my cert program and less so doing it in the field - so I bailed on my long planned for 2nd act.
Then one of my previous brokers called me to be a consultant for them on a contract basis. Asked me how much I wanted and how much did I want to work. We agreed on terms, I did it for about a year and then said no more I'm done working for my life cycle. Honestly I'm not really that industrious any more unless I find a project I really enjoy. Not lazy I just have no interest in work - only pleasure. I always like to say "I manage the staff here at the mansion" Since there are none it's a pretty easy gig.
My thing has always been business not really working with my hands, so in that regard I had always set myself up with a pretty low maintenance lifestyle outside of work. My wife of 23 yrs is 20 years younger and makes very good $$ and has excellent bennies - in fact as an RN in a union system she can go down to 2 12's a week v 3 and be part time and still get full benefits so that's what we're going to do soon to ramp up travel make sure we're maximizing our time together. We've both had serious issues occur and like the saying goes - The one thing you can never get more of is time. So spend it wisely.
Then one of my previous brokers called me to be a consultant for them on a contract basis. Asked me how much I wanted and how much did I want to work. We agreed on terms, I did it for about a year and then said no more I'm done working for my life cycle. Honestly I'm not really that industrious any more unless I find a project I really enjoy. Not lazy I just have no interest in work - only pleasure. I always like to say "I manage the staff here at the mansion" Since there are none it's a pretty easy gig.
My thing has always been business not really working with my hands, so in that regard I had always set myself up with a pretty low maintenance lifestyle outside of work. My wife of 23 yrs is 20 years younger and makes very good $$ and has excellent bennies - in fact as an RN in a union system she can go down to 2 12's a week v 3 and be part time and still get full benefits so that's what we're going to do soon to ramp up travel make sure we're maximizing our time together. We've both had serious issues occur and like the saying goes - The one thing you can never get more of is time. So spend it wisely.
