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<blockquote data-quote="Darmark7" data-source="post: 4680615" data-attributes="member: 83127"><p>I retired 10/30/2020 at the age of 57 After 39 yrs at UPS. My wife hasn’t worked since she was 27. I never lived for today I always lived for the future. The future I lived for is now here! I have been debt free since age 40. I don’t do Facebook or Instagram and I don’t live my life to impress others yet all my friends that are still working are impressed <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face :thinking:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f914.png" data-shortname=":thinking:" />. My wife and I never had a fight over finances because we are very easily pleased. We enjoy the simple things I couldn’t do the past 39 yrs because of working at UPS like having dinner together at 6:00pm, going to the park and strolling around, going to the gym together, getting to see my nephew‘s boys playing softball, going to the shooting range, reading a book and ect. Nothing exciting yet totally fulfilling. We will probably be able to live on just the pension I get from UPS but if not I have money in 401k, IRA, UPS stock, Vanguard Stocks and bonds, real-estate, 6 figure bank account, gold, silver and social security coming down the road to pull from. I always lived on 60% or even less of the money I made at UPS and banked or invested the remainder for most of the years at work. Yes I could of had all the newest cars the biggest houses and the newest gadgets but at this time most of that would be gone and me and wife would still be working with no end in sight. My lifestyle is not for a lot of people but I’m so glad I lived for the future when I was young because the future came really quick. I’m still pinching myself when I realize I never have to go to work again and I’m only 57 and feel great! Retirement has only been a few weeks as of this date but it is an amazing feeling. My wife still wakes up and looks at me and says “Guess what? You don’t have to go to work today” <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😃" title="Grinning face with big eyes :smiley:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f603.png" data-shortname=":smiley:" /> Live for today and in 24 hrs it’s gone, live for the future and then you have a lifetime to live <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="👍🏼" title="Thumbs up: medium-light skin tone :thumbsup_tone2:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f44d-1f3fc.png" data-shortname=":thumbsup_tone2:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darmark7, post: 4680615, member: 83127"] I retired 10/30/2020 at the age of 57 After 39 yrs at UPS. My wife hasn’t worked since she was 27. I never lived for today I always lived for the future. The future I lived for is now here! I have been debt free since age 40. I don’t do Facebook or Instagram and I don’t live my life to impress others yet all my friends that are still working are impressed 🤔. My wife and I never had a fight over finances because we are very easily pleased. We enjoy the simple things I couldn’t do the past 39 yrs because of working at UPS like having dinner together at 6:00pm, going to the park and strolling around, going to the gym together, getting to see my nephew‘s boys playing softball, going to the shooting range, reading a book and ect. Nothing exciting yet totally fulfilling. We will probably be able to live on just the pension I get from UPS but if not I have money in 401k, IRA, UPS stock, Vanguard Stocks and bonds, real-estate, 6 figure bank account, gold, silver and social security coming down the road to pull from. I always lived on 60% or even less of the money I made at UPS and banked or invested the remainder for most of the years at work. Yes I could of had all the newest cars the biggest houses and the newest gadgets but at this time most of that would be gone and me and wife would still be working with no end in sight. My lifestyle is not for a lot of people but I’m so glad I lived for the future when I was young because the future came really quick. I’m still pinching myself when I realize I never have to go to work again and I’m only 57 and feel great! Retirement has only been a few weeks as of this date but it is an amazing feeling. My wife still wakes up and looks at me and says “Guess what? You don’t have to go to work today” 😃 Live for today and in 24 hrs it’s gone, live for the future and then you have a lifetime to live 👍🏼 [/QUOTE]
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