| 5/12/2014 11:04:34 PM |
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d_voted
Winnipeg, MB
63, joined Sep. 2008
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I get to be a beatnik.
Drawing - Painting - Writing - Sculpting
Pretending I am someone
Refusing to answer the question 'Why do you...?'
Abandoning reasons
Speculation on metaphysical conjectures and their implications for pragmatics.
Planting vegetable gardens (in other people's back alleys)
Sweeping the street in front of your favorite coffee shop.
Feel free to add to this list as a means of providing inspiration to others contemplating the leap.
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| 5/13/2014 9:49:28 AM |
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janet5360
Pittsburgh, PA
62, joined Dec. 2013
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I babysit my friends two year old at night full time. I walk in the morning after coffee and do a little housework. I work for YMCA empowerment of women and also goodwill volunteering in their clothing department. I soon hope to be working making childrens breakfast and lunches at a local food program and reading to them. I am on oxygen and need to limit the amout of time spent away from home. I will swim daily as soon as our local pool opens in June.
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| 5/13/2014 8:47:52 PM |
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karrpilot
Oswego, IL
52, joined Jul. 2009
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I am just hoping to make it to that age. If the idiots on the road don't take me out first, or my hobby does. But since flying is the safest form of transportation, I think my fate might just lie in the hands of my profession, not my fun.
Would like to go either west or southwest. I have pushed enough snow, and am not looking forward too at least 15 more years of it. But if I have to, so be it.
What really stands out is a phrase I heard. If I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.
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| 5/14/2014 12:45:52 AM |
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preciousfox15
Bolingbrook, IL
54, joined Dec. 2007
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What really stands out is a phrase I heard. If I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.
I so agree!!!
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| 5/14/2014 10:12:38 AM |
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good_dr
Spokane, WA
51, joined Dec. 2011
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Retire? I don't know if I'm going to be able too.
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| 5/15/2014 9:17:48 AM |
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jrbogie1949
Oxnard, CA
66, joined Mar. 2009
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i shave once a week. don't get to do everything i want but don't do anything i don't want. learned to love boredom. enjoy spending my kid's inheritance instead of saving for my retirement. hell, if i knew i was going to live to retirement i would have taken better care of myself.
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| 5/15/2014 5:32:54 PM |
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keepslowprofile
Moose Lake, MN
96, joined Nov. 2011
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I took up stained glass.
I get to spend time with my horses, Projects on my farm etc.
Collect rocks and sticks. Pick wild berries, canadian wild plums, raspberries and choke cherries ... Basically revert back to being a neanderthal.
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| 5/29/2014 11:21:57 PM |
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dr3amwvr
Glendale, AZ
55, joined Jan. 2013
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I go to the gym 4-5 times a week. I walk my dogs when it's not 117 outside. I'm starting a garden. I'm a retired attorney so I've been doing some pro bono work for friends and family members. I date but not as often as I'd like. I go out with my friends once a week and basically do what I want and no one to tell me what to do and when. It's wonderful!
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| 5/30/2014 9:57:41 PM |
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karrpilot
Oswego, IL
52, joined Jul. 2009
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53 years old and retired already? I have to stick around until I am at least 65. Perhaps even longer if the cards don't fall my way.
And with my luck, the card I draw will be the joker. 
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| 5/30/2014 10:26:27 PM |
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mejeresmountian
Casa Grande, AZ
63, joined May. 2014
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When I retired I got bored and went back to work. This time I only work when I want and most of the time its on racecars. I date sometimes if I find someone interesting. Most of the time I just do whatever I feel like doing.
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| 5/31/2014 7:45:14 AM |
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jrbogie1949
Oxnard, CA
66, joined Mar. 2009
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53 years old and retired already? I have to stick around until I am at least 65. Perhaps even longer if the cards don't fall my way.
And with my luck, the card I draw will be the joker.
i retired at fifty seven because i dealt the cards. 
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| 6/18/2014 4:09:05 PM |
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beautiful2449
Dallas, TX
55, joined Feb. 2012
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well I found a great opportunity to make some money working part time for myself. I work when I want to give me something to do with my time, when grand kid's tire me out. A good friend told me try it out and see how I liked it. It is great when you enjoy helping people. If anybody interested in working with us .let us know. you will be working independently u are your own boss.
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| 6/24/2014 5:56:31 PM |
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lilod
Aurora, IL
49, joined Aug. 2012
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Your list sounds remarkably like my pre-retirement life (except sculpting).
I read, write, draw, garden, travel, take long walks, volunteer, have long lunches with friends...I don't expect life will change much when I retire except that I hope to be doing these things much closer to the ocean.
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| 6/26/2014 9:18:06 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
66, joined May. 2010
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everything I am capable of
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| 7/10/2014 9:39:57 AM |
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sankie1
Irvine, KY
67, joined Dec. 2011
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One problem with being single and retired is that you have the time to do things, but find that it's mostly doing yourself. Others either have no interest in getting away from the house except to go shopping (I'm not a shopper) or to babysit grandchildren, and/or on such a limited budget they don't have extra for fun things.
One plus to getting back into the workplace after retirement is that you have the ability to work at something you enjoy instead of the paycheck. You have a lot more freedom because after all "what can they do, fire you".
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| 7/11/2014 8:19:48 PM |
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nascarchamp6tim
Hansen, ID
59, joined May. 2014
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Pull my camper & boat to any fishing hole I want & stay as long as I want! 
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| 8/3/2014 6:56:54 PM |
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peachy1954
Sacramento, CA
61, joined Oct. 2010
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Anything I want at the pace I want. No more trying to cram things in on days off or having to dump plans because I get called into work. No quitting a project because you have to go to bed to get up for work the next day. Sleeping in is so great; would be better with a mate but actually working on a home I am home to enjoy is rewarding. If I take on a project it is my choice and I can actually do it well. No more being forced to put up with impossible clients, obnoxious co-workers, or commuting when it feels more like you are running the gauntlet of drivers that you wonder even have a license. Being with family and friends when they need me or we want to have fun together. Picking who I have lunch with or even when I feel like lunch is a great luxury. And the quiet. No ringing phones, slamming file drawers, three conversations going on at once. I want to talk to someone and actually hear what they have to say I can with out rushing them out for the next appointment or some one interrupting with "just a quick question?"
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| 8/13/2014 11:27:34 PM |
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stephisicated
Teaneck, NJ
32, joined Jan. 2013
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It depends on what type of nest egg you are sitting on. If you have money travel internationally. If you have a little bit of money travel domestically. If you are barely getting by get a part time job.
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| 8/20/2014 4:32:08 PM |
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ladybugruth58
Patton, PA
57, joined Feb. 2014
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Pull my camper & boat to any fishing hole I want & stay as long as I want!
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| 8/28/2014 9:30:47 AM |
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jrbogie1949
Oxnard, CA
66, joined Mar. 2009
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getting my lancer 36 ready to sail from san diego to hawaii in the fall. 
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| 8/28/2014 8:54:28 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
66, joined May. 2010
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EVERYTHING I want and at my own speed.
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| 8/29/2014 9:44:07 AM |
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jakebearr
Simi Valley, CA
51, joined Sep. 2013
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