been retired almost 17 years....very fortunate in having everything paid for when i retired including two new vehicles.....our monthly income is $5,077.00(social security for wife and I $3,327.00,$650.00 interest from annuiities and $1,100. from 401K fund) we live pretty well on that income amount ...we live in a 1,700 sq ft house plus carport,back porch,fishing room so our yearly taxes and insurance are only about $2,800.we started out with about $500,000. in 401K and annuities accounts and still have about $400,000.00 in those accounts despite taking out money for numerous trips to argentina/Bolivia/mexico and several trips all over the USA ,canada and Alaska....
based on my experience,if you are getting near retirement,you might want to look at a smaller house to reduce your monthly expenses and try to get everything paid off prior to retiring.....and if you got things on your bucket list....do them because we ain't guaranteed how long we gonna be here...

I'll be fishing at Texoma over the next few days while camping. That is somewhat of a normal week.

Going down to Lake Whitney to work on the lake house by myself is a blast . I usually stay about 4 to 5 days and work around the house rebuilding after the fire 4 years ago . I am putting up a black 6 ft. chain link fence around the 1 acre yard . Cutting brush and digging fence post holes in that solid rock ! The wife comes down every other week . I love the peace and quite were we are only one neighbor in site . Ride the Kawasaki mule down to the neighbors and drink a cold one or go fishing with them . I hate it when I have to come back to Venus , it used to be a small country town . Now it is insane how Midlothian area is growing . I was raised on a farm and hate the city . Trying to convice the wife to sell our house and move to out lake house .At least I get to work on my hot rod in Venus

Play golf 275 days per year average last 8 years. Fish 15 - 25 days a year. Visit son in SC a couple of weeks per. Seems like we spend a lot of time on dr appointments.

I go over to the office earlier today to turn in my PC and company car, today was my last day. My mgr. offices out of Denver so I asked one of our opps mgrs to let me in the building. When I get to the office I find out his is not allowed in the building because he is not vax'd. He met me in the lobby. Security said he either had to show Vax card or test negative for Covid, he couldn't even get in his own office. First time I'd been there in 2 years.

That is the part of work I will not miss.

Congrats on your Retirement! They can KYA.

A couple cups of coffee, check the news, the TTF and out then door fishing... Unless it's like this week, cold and snowy... Then I just drive the wife crazy... Dan

Been retired for 9 years. Get up when I want, eat when and what I want. When I don't go fishing or golfing, I work around the house on yard or projects in the morning for a couple hours. Afternoons mostly have fun with fps game or get on my sim racing rig for some racing. Evenings watch a movie with the wife. Then go to bed whenever I feel like it. I think the key is to have enough different projects you like to do that when the body isn't able for some of the more physical stuff you can fall back on the more less physical stuff.

Where you at before you retired Shawshank Prison?

Many military deployments where we didn't have a choice of when we got up, when or what we wanted to eat. Okay, maybe we had our choice of which MRE to eat.......

Will be retiring March 31 after 42 years in waterworks. We, now I, wife passed 4 days before Christmas, will be moving back to home town. Son bought old farm place there and built a barndominium and where he goes to get out of Houston. He already has a long to do list, my brother who is County Judge there already volunteered me to work on EMS and help the town out in waterworks. I see retiring as another step to help others. An actor was leaving a show we watched, and said made this very true statement "At every ending, there is a new beginning". I actually used that quote in a sermon, when you retire from this earth, where will your new beginning be? I see others here working just as hard now as they did prior to retiring.

1 - 10 = Listening to your wife 24/7

True statement. I just retired from the military and I'm ready to get back to work; at least part time to stay busy. I'm 52 and planned my retirement for a long time. I do stay busy but I catch myself getting bored around the house. Everyday is different; jog, fish (kayak or boat), ride mountain bike, tune mountain bike (even though it's not needed). I started to paint the rooms in the house but stopped when the oldest returned from college during the break.

I get so exited for the weekends because this is when I can visit with family because Mon thru Fri is a long strength, and the winter does not help. I hate staying indoors and no longer desire cold and wet days.

Part-time gig was a good way to ease into retirement. I did that for about a year. Worked at Academy in their field and stream department. Got myself stocked up with gear using the employee discount and grabbing the clearances.

Since I retired three years ago I have become a fair weather fisherman. If it is cold, windy, too hot or just nasty out, I don't fish. When I was working all I had was weekends and a periodic vacation. I went out in ALL weather. It did not matter, if it was a weekend I was fishing (only exception was lightening). Now if I go outside and it is raining, windy or just nasty out, I stay home and do honey do's. There's always tomorrow.