Retirement Planning

[fauxklore]

The short version of why I need to retire sooner rather than later is that I have too many things I want to do that work gets in the way of.

The other piece is that I've see too many names I know in the obituaries, reminding me that life is short.

I have two criteria which should be satisfied in the next year - one involving frequent flyer miles and one involving how long I've been working at my company. I need to get somewhat more organized about the financial picture.

What I'm not worried about is how to fill my time. Things I have been googling in my spare time at work include the Florida Trail (kind of a shakedown for the Appalachian Trail) and the Camino del Santiago.

Comments

[cellio]

Oh yes. I can't imagine how people (who are not impeded in some way that interferes with life activities) can go through part of life bored. I'm going to run out of time way before I run out of things I want to do.

Like you, I want to retire as soon as I safely do so, so I can get to all that other stuff. I'm not one of those people who wants to work till I drop, well past the point where I need to... I intend to volunteer some of my professional services in the future, so it's not like I'd lose the ability to do that stuff, but I look forward to the day when I do all that on my terms.

Good luck with those last few loose ends!