Are you ready for some.....retirement?

Barbalot
Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:12:52 +0000

As a 56-year-old single parent with a kid still in college, retirement is, sadly, on a very far horizon. I have a stressful, but rarely boring, career as a journalist. I can’t imagine not working in some capacity, but would love to have it be much more on my terms rather than my micromanaging boss’s. At the same time, I’ve been in my current job for 17 years and just don’t know if I have it in me to ramp up a job search and sell myself to another employer. Just typing that is exhausting! One saving grace is that my office is very near my home, so I don’t have to deal with my city’s infamous traffic.

I have some side jobs that I hope will at some point be my extra income producers when I retire. I’m worried about what may happen with Social Security under the new administration. As it is, I have to wait till I’m 67 to get the full amount.

With the daylight as short as it is this time of year, I would love to be able to be out in it during the day rather than leaving home soon after the sun is up and getting home when it’s pitch dark. But that’s not going to happen anytime soon.