Quote from: BobLawblaw on February 28, 2018, 06:03:35 PM

First official day of retirement.

Woke up. Not sure what day it was.

Rick texted me and is totally fucking jelly that I'm a free man.

Already on beer #4.

Think I'm going to take a nap after this beer.

Welcome to the club. Isn't freedom fun?

If you don't mind me saying so though, you're acting like a bit of a noob. Getting shitfaced on beer first thing in the morning gets a little boring after a while. In fact full retirement gets boring.

I strongly recommend semi-retirement. You can still earn money and keep active after retirement. You just get to do it on your own rules and at your own pace. If it's fun and profitable, do it. If not, take a pass. Stress is a killer.

Many people who've worked their entire lives get so stressed by inactivity that they drop dead within a few years after retiring.

Hobbies help, but they may as well be hobbies you're paid for. Travel is also excellent. It pays handsome dividends in experience.
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I quit my last "job" in 1976. I still continued making pretty good money playing music in bars. I never considered it to be work. It was a hobby for which I was paid. I earned money for traveling, meeting people, partying and a lifestyle of sex&drugs&rock&roll. Above all, it was fun.

Now there's no money in playing music but I still do it, albeit a few times a month instead of every day. In fact I'll be onstage in 2 hours. Maybe some young milf babe will hit on the old guy who still rocks.

In 2 weeks I'll be back in Mexico. Indeed, retirement (or semi-retirement) is fun.