The Retirement Thread

[SpokeyDokey]

Can't be arsed.......

Nonetheless, you are truly inspirational in your reply.

I've got it now... semi-retired is can't be arsed some of the time and can be arsed the rest.

Many thanks to you and your genius retiree's wisdom.

 

[screenman]

You can cram even more in without commuting and work.

But what if your work is something you enjoy and get a great buzz out of? the sad thing is not many people get that feeling so they end up looking forward to getting older and retiring, sad.

I cannot think of one retired friend that I would want to swap lives with.

 

[screenman]

Leisurely sounds good to me. Life's too precious to run around like Jason Statham in Crank.

Way to precious to spend time doing very little that is for sure.

 

[Drago]

I'm looking for something part time, but iit must be interesting, fun, and have zero stress or responsibility.

 

[Dirk]

Way to precious to spend time doing very little that is for sure.

If you enjoy doing very little, it's not wasted time.

 

[Drago]

Doing very little is an art, takes years of practice to do it well.

 

[Mo1959]

Doing very little is an art, takes years of practice to do it well.

Definitely................I am well practiced. My favourite saying currently seems to be I'll do it tomorrow. Lol

 

[welsh dragon]

Doing very little is an art, takes years of practice to do it well.

And drago should know. He is an expert

 

[Drago]

Spent most of my working life perfecting it.

 

[screenman]

Spent most of my working life perfecting it.

Don't rub it in.

 

[screenman]

If you enjoy doing very little, it's not wasted time.

That is where I differ from some I suppose, doing very little for me is as boring as hell.

 

[snorri]

One mistake I made after finishing full time employment was to go away for a two week cycle tour on mainland Europe.
I later realised that employment had brainwashed me into believing that two weeks was the maximum period anyone was allowed to be away from home without a special pleading. That was the shortest tour I've had since retiring.

 

[Dirk]

We're quite often away with our caravan.
If the weather is nice, or the area is interesting, we just stay over and come back when we feel like it.
Went for a long weekend in Cornwall last year and stayed two weeks.

 

[stephec]

Never before have I come close to having anything on ignore, but looking at all these gloating coffin dodgers is testing my resolve very severely.

Bastards!

 

[screenman]

We're quite often away with our caravan.
If the weather is nice, or the area is interesting, we just stay over and come back when we feel like it.
Went for a long weekend in Cornwall last year and stayed two weeks.

We are also going away soon with no comeback day booked, we have at least 8 breaks a year, most in hotels but the van gets used also. We also have 2 over seas trips this year, paid for by doing what I enjoy doing.