Walking away tomorrow!!

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Old Lar

Old Lar

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Tomorrow I am retiring. I have been the director of one of the most controversial state agencies in our state for the last 5 years. It was a fairly high stress situation but I still have my sanity and am looking forward to retirement and more shop time. Smitty said a few weeks ago to walk out the door and not to look back. I am going to do that. I will not miss the job,but will miss most of the 120 people that I worked with.

My wife and I are looking forward to some more travel and having a lot of fun with grandchildren and some bucket list items. My wife is allergic to cold and breaks out in hives when her skin gets cold. Not a good thing in SD winters. Looks like warmer climates in the winter. Woohoo.

Will let all of the IAP folks know where we travel and looking forward to meeting a few of you.
 
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Congratulations, you will love and be busier than ever. But is you choice and that is the best. When I want, How I want and If I want. 10 years the first of next month after almost 40 with same State of Calif. Department. Been back twice for retirement parties and both time I was happy I am not there. Now it has been long enough that the people I work with and those who worked for me are not longer there and every thing else has changed. That is just life. To busy to fret about it.
Have a great retirement and if in CA give a holler.
 
Congratulations! I did it a couple of years ago and have enjoyed every minute of it. Having tons of fun! If I had known it was going to be this much fun I would have done it 40 years ago! :wink:

Hope you get to do all the things your heart desires!
 
Congrats on your new life, but if you think your going to have all day with nothing to do FORGET IT. But, as Tom said, you can choose what, if, and when. Good Luck. Jim S
 
I've been there for almost a year now. It's gone fast. You will love it. There is always plenty to do but remember, those naps are not going to take themselves!!!
 
Congrats Larry! I wish you and the wife many happy, fun filled adventures... And I am jealous as heck! 6.5 years more for me :( lol.
 
I retired in 1998 and have never been so busy in my life. I am now 80 and don't miss the 9-5 grind a bit. If I had worked for any govt. agency, I would positively have gone Postal.
If your wife hates the cold, come to Florida. WE have been near or over 80 most days this winter. Also some of the most beautiful wood available for pen turning grows here. Very low tax rates also. Stay busy and enjoy your Golden Years.
 
Congratulations Larry, Looking forward to mine later this year. Certainly won't miss the stress etc. Looking forward to more time in shop, with wife, and grand kids.

Charlie
 
10 months and 26 days and I too can join in the fun but who is counting??? Good luck to you and as said do not look back and do not go back. Stay retired. There will always be a ton of things to do to keep you busy and think of all the pens you can make. Congrads
 
Congratulations. It's been almost 2 years since I took that step.....never been busier.
If you get out of the deep freezer and make it to Texas, give me a shout.
 
Congrats, Larry. My final day is June 30, and after 20 years of trying to teach other people's rude children stuff they don't want to learn, I'm ready.
 
Congrats Larry! I've still got 10 or more years before I can join the ranks of the retired (from the day job) folks. You guys give me inspiration!
 
I took the leap two years ago and have not looked back. In fact, I am now enjoying life much more. I took up woodturning and penturning 18 months ago and the only regret I have is that my woodturning 'habit' is eating into my golf time :wink::biggrin:. With woodturning, traveling -- on a whim, no less, golf and being with family more often, my time is full, but this time with things I really enjoy doing.
 
Congratulations. I have been retired almost 13 years, and I have never regetted it.

Looking for warmer winters, turn on US Highway 83 and keep heading south until you find what you are looking for. If you stay on 83 long enough you will be in the Valley at Brownsville, Tx. Better stop there, or you be in Mexico. It will take you about 10 hours to get to Texas, and another 13 hours to get to Brownsville, TX. But after you get as far as Abilene, Tx you are in for some mild winters, the farther south the milder they get.
 
Congratulations...and I repeat my advice. Don't look back, that phase of your life is over so dig into the new phase just starting and enjoy all it has to offer --- which is a lot.

Mid to southern Delaware is a good state to be retired in, fairly mild winters, pretty hot summers, pretty low taxes lots of small towns, decent medical facilities.
 
plantman said:
Congrats on your new life, but if you think your going to have all day with nothing to do FORGET IT. But, as Tom said, you can choose what, if, and when. Good Luck. Jim S
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+1 on thinking you will be able to relax. You'll wonder how you ever made it through the day.

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Thanks for the good wishes and advice. I'm sitting in the airport in Rapid City heading to AZ to drive my 85 year old father in law back to the Dakota's. Going to sight see a little on the way back. Then the shop for a few days. I have a couple teenagers (sons of a friend) wanting to learn how to turn. Will be fun.
 
About to buy a new house so I am looking at another 30 years. Needless to say I am envious of you. Congratulations, stay busy and you live for a long time.
 
Enjoy

Did that a few years ago and found that it felt like about 200 lbs was lifted off my shoulders. Didn't help the back problem but sure helped the stress problem. Enjoy your retirement. Your will find that you will wonder how you ever had time to work and still get everything else done.
 
glen r said:
Did that a few years ago and found that it felt like about 200 lbs was lifted off my shoulders. Didn't help the back problem but sure helped the stress problem. Enjoy your retirement. Your will find that you will wonder how you ever had time to work and still get everything else done.
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Man can I relate to that. I retired at 54 from my main job mostly because people like me (high level, over fifty, hardware oriented when things were shifting to software) were soon going to be forced out anyway and every day had gotten to be a grind. I knew I could do my job very well but my job was disappearing.
 
Good for you! I retired about 18 months ago and I have not been back there either. I worked for a charitable organization for the last 21 years and the experence was not as good in the later years as it should have been. It felt really good to leave. Enjoy your time off and time with your family.
 
Congratulations on your retirement. Start to learn how to say the word "NO" now or you will be busier than you ever were when working. I managed to retire 10 years ago due to downsizing with a pension that pays the bills and I kept my medical and dental. I moved shortly afterwards and haven't been back since. Worked in the nuclear power plants and maintained the electronics that shut the reactor down in case of a problem. Don't need that stress any more.
 
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