Jnick55 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 4:27 pm
I've been reading these roll call threads for more than a decade, gleaning thoughts from others for the day when my own retirement would start. That day came abruptly for me last week when I was terminated as part of a management shake-up. My employment termination does not take effect for several months, but in the meantime I have no further job duties to perform and none are expected of me.
Hi Jnick and welcome to this Awesome Retirement Roll Call and the Class of 2023!
Sorry you had to arrive here via management shake-up and termination
it sure must have been stressful and upsetting and we send you our hang-in-there wishes. But hey - you're here! And what a wonderful new life you'll have ahead of you as part of the Active Retired Class
Jnick55 wrote:Being shoved abruptly into retirement at age 67 has given me the unanticipated financial benefit of severance but with no opportunity to have been able to prepare immediate plans for filling my time. Fortunately my wife and I are well prepared financially, in large part because of the financial planning lessons I learned from regular reading of this invaluable website. And working remotely throughout the pandemic has greatly softened the surprise for me of being ejected from the office and for my wife of having me at home "for better or worse but not for lunch". Still, I recognize that I will need to develop routines and structure for my new life. That's a process I am working through now.
Well it's good you have that unanticipated financial benefit of severance and don't underestimate how important it is that your family is well prepared financially for this. But here is my suggestion about not having an opportunity to prepare immediate plans for filling your time ==>
See above thread ^^^ to your classmate Steve723
Lots of good reading and advice helping us through this time of wandering in the retirement wilderness of endless empty space, with no schedules to guide our day, no morning alarm clock or lunch break and no Sunday evening angst about Monday morning work, no reports, projects or deadlines to meet, no coordinating work-life with home-life . . . you get the picture
But that's all great and you'll find retirement a wonderful time to create your new life!
And also, you could probably spend at least 8 hours each day here on the Bogleheads forum, so that should help take up most of your day and tide you over through the "for better or worse but not for lunch" phase