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Buddy retired 5 years after his retirement date.
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<blockquote data-quote="olroadbeech" data-source="post: 4081848" data-attributes="member: 52145"><p>Something I did not mention in my original post. It is not all about the money. I retired on time and am 10 times happier than anytime in my life. Working for UPS is stressful.</p><p></p><p>For the last 5 years every time my buddy called or emailed me or visited it was the same old thing. telling bad stories about work , almost all negative , about supervisors , about co-workers, about the union , etc ,etc etc. I told him to hang it up and BE HAPPY. he was worried so much about money.</p><p></p><p>yes, I was worried about money before retiring. It's scary going from 100k to less than half that. But we did our homework and planned ahead. Paid off house and all debt. Bought the big ticket items before retiring. Did all the numbers 100 times over.</p><p></p><p>You can not put a price tag on the happiness on being retired. Every day is like Saturday and after 4 years still jump out of bed in the morning knowing that we can do whatever we want. </p><p></p><p>The money part is really funny. We can get by with the pension alone and STILL have money left over at the end of the month. Then Social Security kicked in and that is all gravy. We haven't even touched the 401k in the last 4 years which has grown considerably without further contributions. Plus our hobby is going great guns and making us a ton. Something we would do for free. the money is the fun part.</p><p></p><p>The major side benny about being retired so young is not only the happiness but the health benefits. I'm healthier now 4 years later than I was when working. Getting plenty of sleep, working out more at the gym, eating better , etc. The doctor told me I had the heart of someone 35 years old.</p><p></p><p>The one really good thing I learned from UPS was the " 5 Seeing Habits ". You can apply these habits for life in general.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="olroadbeech, post: 4081848, member: 52145"] Something I did not mention in my original post. It is not all about the money. I retired on time and am 10 times happier than anytime in my life. Working for UPS is stressful. For the last 5 years every time my buddy called or emailed me or visited it was the same old thing. telling bad stories about work , almost all negative , about supervisors , about co-workers, about the union , etc ,etc etc. I told him to hang it up and BE HAPPY. he was worried so much about money. yes, I was worried about money before retiring. It's scary going from 100k to less than half that. But we did our homework and planned ahead. Paid off house and all debt. Bought the big ticket items before retiring. Did all the numbers 100 times over. You can not put a price tag on the happiness on being retired. Every day is like Saturday and after 4 years still jump out of bed in the morning knowing that we can do whatever we want. The money part is really funny. We can get by with the pension alone and STILL have money left over at the end of the month. Then Social Security kicked in and that is all gravy. We haven't even touched the 401k in the last 4 years which has grown considerably without further contributions. Plus our hobby is going great guns and making us a ton. Something we would do for free. the money is the fun part. The major side benny about being retired so young is not only the happiness but the health benefits. I'm healthier now 4 years later than I was when working. Getting plenty of sleep, working out more at the gym, eating better , etc. The doctor told me I had the heart of someone 35 years old. The one really good thing I learned from UPS was the " 5 Seeing Habits ". You can apply these habits for life in general. [/QUOTE]
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