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<blockquote data-quote="BonafideView" data-source="post: 996517" data-attributes="member: 42466"><p><strong>A bit of what I've done after UPS</strong></p><p></p><p>Dear Brown67,</p><p></p><p>Because I retired at 56 years, I can not do any driving or loading work that would be done at UPS without losing some of my retirement pay until age 65. That seems reasonable and is fine with me. I loved working for UPS; but, after 28 years I was ready to "re-tire" and try out something new in my life. It is so wonderful to have the opportunity to do this. Right before retiring, I enrolled in community college classes to help myself step out into a world that wasn't there when I went into UPS. Those classes helped me learn how to really use a computer and it was a smart move as now I can do anything the young kids can to stay competitive in the job market. I have earned my associates degree in accounting (about half of the classes online!) and plan to continue onto a bachelor's in accounting with a minor in geography. I work seasonally at a ski resort and absolutely love being in the mountains. Those are the work type changes I have made, I am sure you have plenty of your own ideas about not-work fun to add to it. (Road trips, hikes and hobbyist photography are a few of mine.) On a healthy body note, after a year of retirement, I lost the limp that I thought was going to be my lifelong result of working such a physical job - retirement holds many surprises. Good luck to you; any job has its ups and downs, but UPS has lots of ups to offer in the long run.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BonafideView, post: 996517, member: 42466"] [b]A bit of what I've done after UPS[/b] Dear Brown67, Because I retired at 56 years, I can not do any driving or loading work that would be done at UPS without losing some of my retirement pay until age 65. That seems reasonable and is fine with me. I loved working for UPS; but, after 28 years I was ready to "re-tire" and try out something new in my life. It is so wonderful to have the opportunity to do this. Right before retiring, I enrolled in community college classes to help myself step out into a world that wasn't there when I went into UPS. Those classes helped me learn how to really use a computer and it was a smart move as now I can do anything the young kids can to stay competitive in the job market. I have earned my associates degree in accounting (about half of the classes online!) and plan to continue onto a bachelor's in accounting with a minor in geography. I work seasonally at a ski resort and absolutely love being in the mountains. Those are the work type changes I have made, I am sure you have plenty of your own ideas about not-work fun to add to it. (Road trips, hikes and hobbyist photography are a few of mine.) On a healthy body note, after a year of retirement, I lost the limp that I thought was going to be my lifelong result of working such a physical job - retirement holds many surprises. Good luck to you; any job has its ups and downs, but UPS has lots of ups to offer in the long run. [/QUOTE]
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