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Post by genosguy on Apr 24, 2018 12:50:45 GMT -5
Geno has stated that to live to age 93 is "optimal" until you reach 93, then you say give me one more!
Geno has stated that he read where the "optimal" age to retire is 70. He doesn't know
From my perspective: Retire as early as you can then do what you have the energy and money to enjoy the years.
Also the combination of Geno reaching 70 and me 93 coincide in the same year 2025. It may be optimal for Geno but not for me.
What is /what was the "optimal" age to retire??
When should Geno retire!
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Post by swash on Apr 24, 2018 20:00:20 GMT -5
Geno has stated that to live to age 93 is "optimal" until you reach 93, then you say give me one more! Geno has stated that he read where the "optimal" age to retire is 70. He doesn't know From my perspective: Retire as early as you can then do what you have the energy and money to enjoy the years. Also the combination of Geno reaching 70 and me 93 coincide in the same year 2025. It may be optimal for Geno but not for me. What is /what was the "optimal" age to retire?? When should Geno retire! 605 years! |
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Apr 25, 2018 11:39:26 GMT -5
The obvious answer is there is no one answer. Part of it is driven by what you would be retiring from. I truly believe that ideally one never retires, having chosen to be engaged in one or more productive occupations you love and having the physical and mental capacity to continue to do it or them at some regular level 'til you pass on in your sleep dreaming a happy dream.
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Post by meyers7 on Apr 25, 2018 14:40:03 GMT -5
When I drop dead.
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Post by linkster on Apr 25, 2018 15:27:33 GMT -5
If someone is doing what they love then retirement makes no sense but if like myself one is paying their bills by doing something that is less fulfilling then one should retire as soon as one is able.
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Post by chicagogg on Apr 26, 2018 8:33:06 GMT -5
When (the good lord and financial health permitting) what you are currently doing is outweighed by what you WANT to do, and are still able to do. Or, put another way, don't put off a dream until "a couple of years down the road" if you can take advantage of it sooner. Time and tide wait for no one, as they say.
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Apr 26, 2018 18:01:59 GMT -5
If someone is doing what they love then retirement makes no sense but if like myself one is paying their bills by doing something that is less fulfilling then one should retire as soon as one is able. I hear you. That was were I was living. I really thought I could retire and do something I liked that was peaceful, quiet and simple. Ooops. wrong. I was by reason of my profession and $$ history employment untouchable! But I have caught a lot of really nice trout (yes, and released all those I did not smoke!) and had other magnificent adventures. Still, productive employment is in a lot of our genes I feel. |
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Post by genosguy on Apr 26, 2018 18:28:53 GMT -5
The obvious answer is there is no one answer. Part of it is driven by what you would be retiring from. I truly believe that ideally one never retires, having chosen to be engaged in one or more productive occupations you love and having the physical and mental capacity to continue to do it or them at some regular level 'til you pass on in your sleep dreaming a happy dream. True as it stands, it's an individual thing. I had those more than one productive occupation prior to retirement. I went into retirement kicking and screaming---and found out --it's just great being retired. Rockum of the mount---how sayeth you aboot yonder passing. Does one use hand signals or indicators as thou passeth? I had a bro-in-law who defined all that "passes" as "better off", now I am better off because he is better off. |
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Apr 26, 2018 19:11:49 GMT -5
The obvious answer is there is no one answer. Part of it is driven by what you would be retiring from. I truly believe that ideally one never retires, having chosen to be engaged in one or more productive occupations you love and having the physical and mental capacity to continue to do it or them at some regular level 'til you pass on in your sleep dreaming a happy dream. True as it stands, it's an individual thing. I had those more than one productive occupation prior to retirement. I went into retirement kicking and screaming---and found out --it's just great being retired. Rockum of the mount---how sayeth you aboot yonder passing. Does one use hand signals or indicators as thou passeth? I had a bro-in-law who defined all that "passes" as "better off", now I am better off because he is better off. Tell you what, I'll tell you after I've "yonder passed" ... maybe in a nicked chin while shaving, or peeing on your foot when you really thought you had the thing aimed. The bro-in-law thing I get completely. I've always thought Nelson Rockefeller had the whole thing about dying figured out perfectly. |
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Post by genosguy on Apr 27, 2018 7:40:37 GMT -5
RockN of the Mount--Nelson Rocker feller ever had figured out was 1. How to live off of Dad's money 2. Having the State of Arkansas build a park, a beautiful park, in the midst of Arkansas.
The Pope in his finite wisdom has it half right--there is no hell in the beyond. If you want to see it go to a VA hospital Some of us seek no reward beyond those received while living. A Frankie S sang---I did it My way.
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Post by UConnChapette on Apr 27, 2018 9:57:38 GMT -5
As soon as my bloody mortgage is paid off the retirement option will magically open. Currently on track for when I am...73. Oh he'll, no. Gotta get that thing gone before then.
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Post by genosguy on Apr 27, 2018 18:20:03 GMT -5
As soon as my bloody mortgage is paid off the retirement option will magically open. Currently on track for when I am...73. Oh he'll, no. Gotta get that thing gone before then. I paid ours off about 6 years ago (give or take a decade, they go so fast). I was holding it for the tax bennies, why? Property tax here is less than .05 time the CT taxes. So we paid it off. One less monthly ding of the failing memory. I was a bit past 73 when I got smart and done away with it. I don't know what the life expectancy is today for retiree's. When I pulled the plug it was abt 10 years and I retired really really late. Been chugging going on 20 retired. As Sir Rock from the Mount said: It's a personal thing. Yet, I (from my personal experience) recommend do it as early as you can. It is just plain fun, and each day is full to the brim, don't know how I had time to work back then. |
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Post by bulkey on May 9, 2018 16:44:44 GMT -5
Don't listen to Geno. He'll coach forever because he has such a low stress job. (where is the sarcasm button?).
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