The Retirement Thread
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15 Jul
12:07pm, 15 Jul 2024
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Lip Gloss
I’m usually 8 - 8.30am wake up . I often waken earlier for the toilet but can easily fall back to sleep again.
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15 Jul
12:10pm, 15 Jul 2024
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macca 53
My employer organised (and I think still does) retirement training sessions, st least one or two of which were with financial services companies (usually our pension provider was one of them). Mine were held in a lovely office by the river overlooking a very well known church (possibly where 3M sits!)
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15 Jul
12:45pm, 15 Jul 2024
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geordiegirl
Obviously still at work I wake up around 5.30 every day and until this year would get up and out for a run or some housework before commuting to the spare room for work, most of this year though I’m so exhausted I fall back to sleep for an hour. I’m not setting alarms on holiday this week and I’ve had some lovely long sleeps. Hoping by the end I’ll have reset and back to normal. I am struggling with feeling so exhausted all the time. |
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15 Jul
1:32pm, 15 Jul 2024
76,677 posts
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Lip Gloss
That’s the beauty of retirement, you can choose still to run early doors or not. I used to be a 5.30am runner when working but likes of today it was 10.30am l
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15 Jul
2:16pm, 15 Jul 2024
27,257 posts
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Sigh
I've become a 'Martini runner' - anytime, any place, anywhere 
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15 Jul
3:04pm, 15 Jul 2024
7,534 posts
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bigleggy
@Sigh - can you please push my retirement date back to December 2025 please. Got made an offer I can't refuse so gonna stick it out for the extra 8 months. |
15 Jul
3:52pm, 15 Jul 2024
12,689 posts
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lammo
Sounds good BL, nice one. Thought you'd been pre-occupied as i'm still waiting for your weekend blog
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15 Jul
4:21pm, 15 Jul 2024
7,535 posts
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bigleggy
tis there now - shortened though as I'm trying to make a good impression
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15 Jul
4:29pm, 15 Jul 2024
5,957 posts
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Ally-C
Fields wrote: Not using your annual leave is like telling the bosses to not pay you for a week. My MIL never used to take her full annual leave, mind boggling. |
15 Jul
4:38pm, 15 Jul 2024
24,406 posts
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3M
That's exciting timing, @Hibeedeb ! And @macca 53, quite likely! Although I can see the Guildhall and river much better than the Minster from my now slightly lower level seat! |
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