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SheilaT

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46. I'm 64. I plan to keep my current job

Fri Apr 26, 2013, 09:37 PM

Apr 2013

which is only part time anyway but includes benefits. I will start collecting SS when I turn 66 and will probably continue working for a few more years.

I would sort of like to find seasonal work, and only work about six months of the year, but haven't figured that out yet. Meanwhile, I have enormous free time at work and I write. As in, I'm writing a novel. It does not at all look like I'm doing anything other than actual work, but what other job would allow me to work on a novel for most of the time I'm at work?

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Tax all of their income, eliminate deductions. Egalitarian Thug Apr 2013 #4

As they should! BethanyQuartz Apr 2013 #10

This is doable. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #22

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Thanks. I'm reminded of a physician SheilaT Apr 2013 #2

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That jerk was on NPR the other day. GoCubsGo Apr 2013 #7

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Outsourcing medical recordkeeping BethanyQuartz Apr 2013 #12

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I hope they can and do! Dragonfli Apr 2013 #29

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