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The Retirement Thread

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Ness
Ness
Jul 2024
12:20pm, 17 Jul 2024
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Hope it all works out.
geordiegirl
geordiegirl
Jul 2024
1:44pm, 17 Jul 2024
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Thanks guys we hope so too there’s bee lots of soul searching while we’ve said it lots for a reasonable length of time it suddenly felt real but out of reach.

Of all my friends/peers there’s only one couple who’ve retired most are a couple of years younger or career minded so it feels strange but I’m getting used to the idea.

Thanks to you all here for the shared plans and advice and support.
westmoors
westmoors
Jul 2024
1:54pm, 17 Jul 2024
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Be brave gg and take a leap. I have! I've got 37 weeks to work out how I'm going to fund retirement. Still waiting to get my DB figures and in the process of finding an IFA for advice.
geordiegirl
geordiegirl
Jul 2024
2:49pm, 17 Jul 2024
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Thanks @westmoors and I hope it all goes well for you too.

We use a chap at True Potential they are brilliant told us so much we hadn’t thought of.
TheScribbler
TheScribbler
Jul 2024
3:04pm, 17 Jul 2024
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I’m excited for you @geordiegirl. Hope things work out for you and that I can follow a similar escape route in the next few years.
geordiegirl
geordiegirl
Jul 2024
3:42pm, 17 Jul 2024
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Thanks Scribbs and yes get planning sooner than later I wish we had done the FA bit sooner… still need to make a will too.
TROSaracen
TROSaracen
Jul 2024
3:53pm, 17 Jul 2024
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Looking back it’s amazing how quickly I transitioned from ‘I’m too young to retire’ to ‘I want to retire young’.

I look back at my dithering before I pulled the trigger, it sends a shudder down my spine that I could have pulled out!
geordiegirl
geordiegirl
Jul 2024
4:27pm, 17 Jul 2024
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I love your transition from too young to retire to retiring young! Glad you went for it.
cathrobinson
cathrobinson
Jul 2024
4:39pm, 17 Jul 2024
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I’ve just booked my annual review with my FA. Asked if any changes to my intended retirement age, I answered 56, rather than 57.
cathrobinson
cathrobinson
Jul 2024
4:39pm, 17 Jul 2024
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(There’s also a possibility I might aim for 55 too)

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A place for baggy spaciousness: "The quality of time, soft attention and ease that we could enjoy 'doing nothing' "
(thanks to TheScribbler for the term (p1516)!)
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Retirees Hall of Fame

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GregP (14.06.24) (after part retirement 31.03.23)
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Jaks (15.05.24) (third time of retiring)
HellsBells (31.03.24) (orig. May 2018)
TROSaracen (07.02.24)(semi retired since mid 2019)
Hanneke (01.02.24)
Jenni-far-far (28.12.23)
FergusG (22.12.23)
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) (11.12.23)
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jda (28.08.23)
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Bob! (30.03.23)
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um (May 2017)
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