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Dagstead Bumwood

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7. I'd like to, but I don't know that I have it in me.

Reply to OnDoutside (Reply #4)

Mon Nov 2, 2020, 08:22 PM

Nov 2020

I feel like I'm on the verge of some sort of breakdown, be it physical or emotional. I get out of bed with dread each day and it only lets up briefly on the weekends. The whole thing has become untenable.

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How Do You Know it's Time for Retirement? [View all] Dagstead Bumwood Nov 2020 OP

does your wife work? Skittles Nov 2020 #1

Yes, she's a professional Dagstead Bumwood Nov 2020 #2

I am having the same thoughts myself. I used to love my job for many years. Now with Covid, Squinch Nov 2020 #3

Sounds a bit like me. Dagstead Bumwood Nov 2020 #5

My wife's in her job 31 years, and like you, she wants out as well OnDoutside Nov 2020 #4

I'd like to, but I don't know that I have it in me. Dagstead Bumwood Nov 2020 #7

That's certainly something you need to address, and it's good that OnDoutside Nov 2020 #23

I ended up talking to both my boss and manager Dagstead Bumwood Nov 2020 #25

That's great, I hope it works out well for you. At least with the stop-gap it can afford you the OnDoutside Nov 2020 #26

Thanks Dagstead Bumwood Nov 2020 #27

I decided to retire quite suddenly on a Tuesday morning at 8:15. I had had enough and walked out. rzemanfl Nov 2020 #6

I haven't, but my mother went early JenniferJuniper Nov 2020 #8

You definitely need a solid financial plan Shermann Nov 2020 #9

It did feel good. Dagstead Bumwood Nov 2020 #10

My husband Marthe48 Nov 2020 #11

I retired from high stress position when I was 50 The empressof all Nov 2020 #12

I had been planning on working at least one more year captain queeg Nov 2020 #13

Will you have a pension? tblue37 Nov 2020 #14

My company had a pension for some years Dagstead Bumwood Nov 2020 #16

I worked for the same company for 31 years. Pobeka Nov 2020 #15

The decision was made for me, sort of. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #17

How old are you? That's important info for this. ret5hd Nov 2020 #18

If you can handle it comfortably from a financial perspective, I say leave. TwilightZone Nov 2020 #19

I retired on Social Security at age 62. I was tired. I ran the finances and figured that I and abqtommy Nov 2020 #20

My dream job in retirement is to be a Wal-Mart door greeter Major Nikon Nov 2020 #21

Dreading going in to work Kitchari Nov 2020 #22

An update Dagstead Bumwood Nov 2020 #24