Retired yesterday !

[hydrolastic]

Every friday on the way home from work. I see a group of seniors protesting. This afternoon and from now on I will be joining them.

[Scrivener7]

1. Welcome to your next adventure! You're going to love it!

[SheltieLover]

2. Congrats!

[mountain grammy]

3. Congratulations!

[littlemissmartypants]

4. Congratulations! I love your retirement plan! ❤️

[Tim S]

5. Just because everyday is now Saturday doesn't mean it can't be productive

Welcome to the club! Your time is now truly free to do what you want. Congratulations, you made it!

[Grim Chieftain]

6. Wonderful! Congratulations on your retirement!

Best wishes for this new phase in life.

[irisblue]

7. Congrats!

[hamsterjill]

8. That's awesome.

Enjoy your freedom, and be sure to tell all of the protesting seniors to join DU if they haven't already so that we can thank them!!!

[ananda]

9. Congratulations!

And thank you for protesting!!!!!!!

[democrank]

10. Retirement (even on a teeny budget) can be filled with rewards.

Most of my retired friends mention how precious time has become, how prioritizing is easier, how love for the simple things deepens, how they notice more….a bird, the sunset.

Congratulations! Enjoy every moment.

[mgardener]

11. Congratulations!

[70sEraVet]

12. Welcome aboard!

I've been telling people that, in general, the sooner you retire the longer you will live! I don't know if that is true. Would love to see a study.
I suppose it depends on what you retire FROM, and what you are retiring TO!
At any rate, Happy Retirement! And, see you at the No Kings protests!

[Americanme]

13. Congratulations!

I retired the first day of September, 2023. I am now working again, but only 4 hours a day, and I love it. No stress, no mandatory on-call, no phone waking me at all hours, no 100 hour weeks. My 4 hour shift gives me a good morning workout, and I am done for the day at 9am. I hope you enjoy retirement as much as I do.

[Sanity Claws]

14. Congratulations!

I joined the ranks of the retired a little more than 3 months ago.

[justhanginon]

15. Congratulations! You are now a free man to do what you wish with

no set time frame pressure. Up when you want and to bed when you want. A glorious feeling to be sure.
I remember people told me it would take a period of adjustment and I accomplished that on the drive home from work and never looked back. Retiring at 63 I have had 27 years of retirement and am so grateful to have enjoyed it immensely for the most part. I wish you the best in the coming years.

[KT2000]

16. Congrats!!

You have entered a whole new life! Enjoy it!

[wolfie001]

17. Just keep moving

[FakeNoose]

18. That's wonderful news, retirement is (can be) the greatest time of your life

The important thing is, don't define your life by the work you used to do. There's so much more to life, as you will soon learn. Spend time getting to know your family and friends, neighbors, community where you live, etc. Start a new hobby, take time to read good books, visit the library, do some volunteer work. I have been retired 9 years already and I'm having a blast.

[MIButterfly]

19. Congratulations, hydrolastic!

Enjoy! I always say the worst day of retirement beats the best day at work. Good for you for joining the protest.

Go have some fun!

[1WorldHope]

20. You will love it. It's the best thing that's happened since summer vacation from school. Now get out there and protest

✊🏼✌🏼🤜🏼🤛🏼

[MLAA]

21. Congrats on your promotion to protestor!

[Javaman]

22. Congratulations! You're off the treadmill :)

I'm 4 years behind you and I can't wait.

Rest, you deserve it.

[SergeStorms]

23. You'll never regret it.

I certainly haven't.

Enjoy yourself!

[c-rational]

24. Congratulations. What a wonderful vision/thought . Enjoy this time.

[angrychair]

25. Congratulations

Love to hear about people getting to retire and as early as they possibly can.

[Trueblue Texan]

26. You'll not hear any protest from me!

Retiring was my favorite part of my career and I LOVED my career! Congratulations!

[OLDMDDEM]

27. Good for you. I retired 6 years ago. I was 73. I don't miss work at alll.

[Pacifist Patriot]

28. Lucky bas...

Congratulations!!!!

I've never been more jealous of retired people in my life as I am right now.

[livetohike]

29. Congratulations! You won't believe how fast the days go by

in retirement! Have a great time

[badhair77]

30. So happy for you!

Enjoy your new life!

[underpants]

31. Congratulations 🎈

[DavidDvorkin]

32. Congratulations

And welcome to the world of retirement.

[Easterncedar]

33. That's what I have been doing!

Congratulations!

[BeneteauBum]

34. Welcome....from a protesting retired boomer!

17 years.

Peace ☮️

[Bluejeans]

35. Congratulations and welcome to the "Continuous Weekend" !

Now on Monday morning, do I did on the first workday (a Monday) after my retirement:

I stood on my front porch drinking coffee at 8 AM and watched all the poor slobs who still had to go to work; three minutes later, I went back inside to watch TV for a while!

[byronius]

36. Congrats!

I retired by heart attack a few years ago; doing much better now.

Adapt! And grow.

[Dear_Prudence]

37. Hurray!

I still set my alarm every morning just so I can turn it off every day, roll over, and fall back to sleep while saying,"I'm retired, so I don't have to get up!" Sounds like you have some plans, so maybe you will rise and shine. So happy for you!

[Figarosmom]

38. 👍 enjoy your retirement.😊