The Retirement Thread

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TROSaracen
My (very approx) retirement timeline:

50s - tons of travel and keep doing competitive endurance sport (another 3-4 years from now)
60s - competitive sport will morph into more adventure type stuff, still going to great places but doing stuff for the experience/to finish. Also a substantial DIY type project of house renovation/create wild garden with land type.
70s - slow down a bit, get a dog, lots of travel still but more UK, enjoy fruits of DIY project
80s - expecting a lot less travel, hope to stay in own house and as active as possible
90s - who knows, whatever I'm capable of :-)

Expect a gradual evolution from each phase to the next.
Aug 2023
12:02pm, 29 Aug 2023
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Velociraptor
Congratulations, jda bell
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12:12pm, 29 Aug 2023
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Ness
Congratulations, jda
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Ally-C
My (very approx) retirement timeline: 50s - tons of travel and keep doing competitive endurance sport (another 3-4 years from now) 60s - competitive sport will morph into more adventure type stuff, still going to great places but doing stuff for the experience/to finish. Also a substantial DIY type project of house renovation/create wild garden with land type. 70s - slow down a bit, get a dog, lots of travel still but more UK, enjoy fruits of DIY project 80s - expecting a lot less travel, hope to stay in own house and as active as possible 90s - who knows, whatever I'm capable of Expect a gradual evolution from each phase to the next.


That’s a fairly decent plan 😀
Aug 2023
1:04pm, 29 Aug 2023
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Ness
Sounds like a good plan, TROSaracen
Aug 2023
1:06pm, 29 Aug 2023
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EvilPixie
great plan TRO
Aug 2023
1:13pm, 29 Aug 2023
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Velociraptor
My plan is even more approximate than that and involves making a judgment about what needs to be done in the near future (running and interesting hiking, learning new things, getting the garden in shape) vs. what can be postponed (serving tea in the local hospital visitors' café, looking at exotic scenery out of the window of a train).
Aug 2023
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Hanneke
My plan is: I have no plan any more! 😎
Aug 2023
1:16pm, 29 Aug 2023
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Hanneke
It involves only doing things I want to be doing. Nothing more, nothing less. :)
Aug 2023
1:17pm, 29 Aug 2023
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Hanneke
Starting with a month of yoga vedanta and ayurveda training.

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