So jealous. Congrats, @VaBluebird. I wish you much happiness in your retirement.
Congratulations, VaBluebird! I am very happy for you!
My two favorite colleagues have retired - one in 2014 and one this year. My best friend also retired this year. They are so very happy! I can’t wait to join them.
VaBluebird, after 38 years, of course there will be intense emotions. You’ve been a part of that enterprise longer than many marriages. You’ll find new things to enjoy – do so while you have the health and energy to get the most out of it. Congrats and enjoy your new adventures!
Welcome to the ranks! People are the biggest part of any job and the hardest to leave. But- as you noted, so many have come and gone in your tenure. Time to enjoy many things before you can’t. Ages and stages in life. Do not be surprised if you have dreams about work. I did many years ago when I retired instead of forcing H to relocate. He had the full career and noted how he had work dreams in the recent years after retiring also. I can imagine the impossible scenarios for you as another health care professional (MD). It takes time for the brain to shift gears. When you miss the good parts hold those memories and briefly make a list of the dull, boring, unpleasant tasks you no longer need to do. You still retain all of that useful knowledge for yourself. PS- there is an amazing world out there that is not filled with sick people- we forget that health care is not the main focus of most lives.
Encourage your work buddies to max out their 401 (K)'s and plan to retire at age 62 or shortly thereafter. Take a few out to lunch and, after 30 minutes of listening and nodding your head, you will thank your lucky stars you aren’t going back there with them.
I still have work-related dreams and dreams about being in undergrad and grad school for some mysterious reason. One day I did go back to visit, and the manager walked out and asked me if I wanted to come back to work. Thankfully I have a part-time job or two and can make ends meet.
Congratulations!
You retirement makes room for a new PharmD who will be quite grateful for the job!
Congrats. This is a major transition that will take some adjustment time. It’s OK to feel sad.
Congratulations - and great job!
Thinking of lucky you today, @VaBluebird, and lifting a virtual champagne glass to your continued health and happiness. Cheers! Let us know how your day went.
This event scares me. I cannot say Congrats, I am getting more and more scared as this day is approaching. Maybe I decided just not take this step at all. I am well passed full retirement age already, I cannot bring myself to take this step at all. I know that my H. will make me do so, hopefully not earlier than 2.5 years. At least this is my goal, not earlier than 2.5 years. I already asked few times if I can continue at my job in work from home type of capacity. I do not think that it will be offered though.
The rest is basically the same as for you, VaBluebird. Some co-workers retired, some passed away, good number is working pass full retirement age though.
It is scary from all aspects. The biggest one is not being entertained enough, then being poor, then being on Medicare, so the health care benefit will diminish considerably when you need it the most. I just do not picture it as a positive step in my life. I am glad that other do, I wish I know how. The only positive thing is that I will be primarily on the beach, that is if our health allow us to be there.
Well best wishes anyway, if you are happy, then this is the only thing that counts!
So, congrats after all, if you reached your goal, what else is needed?
I realize that part of my problem is mourning “what used to be”. Our community hospital was swallowed up into a corporate nightmare. So, it has been tough, really tough the last couple of years.
I realize that part of my problem is mourning “what used to be”. Our community hospital was swallowed up into a corporate nightmare. So, it has been tough, really tough the last couple of years.
@Madison85, uh, no…they don’t replace people, they just double down on whoever is left. Seriously, my position is not being filled.
I’m glad they will have two spots to replace for me and my husband. With the bad jobs report this morning, I’m glad somebody will get these jobs.
Well @miamidap for entertainment you could always work with your grandchildren on their college choices!
@vabluebird Oh! I had assumed it was retail pharmacy!
Lol, Madison, but all they have to do is their homework so what is there to do?
“This event scares me. I cannot say Congrats, I am getting more and more scared as this day is approaching. Maybe I decided just not take this step at all. I am well passed full retirement age already, I cannot bring myself to take this step at all. I know that my H. will make me do so, hopefully not earlier than 2.5 years. At least this is my goal, not earlier than 2.5 years”
Your husband will make you do something that terrifies you, and (in your mind) guarantees that you will be miserable? A couple of choice words come to mind, but the only thing I can say on this forum, is why don’t you tell him to go…no, can’t say that one, you know, what Dick Cheney said to the reporter.
You are not an obedient slave, you tell your husband NO. A spouse shouldn’t demand that the other one do something they desperately don’t want to do. And for what good reason? You retire when YOU want to, not when he demands you to.
There are some people will die at their job. That’s a choice. I agree a spouse should never force another spouse to do anything one shouldn’t do. It’s bad for one’s health. I’m lucky my spouse and I are thinking the same thing when it comes to retirement.
Congrats, VaBluebird! 38 years in one job is incredible! !