If I’d worked all the way through to official retirement, today would have been my last day. I’m so glad I walked out those schoolhouse doors two years ago! Life has been so much richer. Yesterday, Sadie and I visited Delta airlines flight ops center along with two other teams as part of a wellness event. There’s absolutely no way I would’ve been able to do this had I still been working full-time.
Retirement is what you make it. The best part is you get to decide what you do each day. Sleep in? Hike Kennesaw Mountain? Have lunch with a friend? Catch a matinee at the cool movie theater with hubs? Accept an extra therapy dog visit request? Check out a new museum or fabric store? As I told a friend recently, no two weeks in retirement have been exactly the same.
It’s taken two years, but we’ve found our retirement groove. Mid-summer, I’ll be “officially” retired meaning my pension payments begin and health insurance rates will once again return to employee/retiree rates. We’ll both breathe a sigh of relief and continue to follow our plan. We’ll make a couple of deferred purchases within the next six months (like a replacement SUV for me and a tackle house project or two). Sure, working those two additional years would have meant a few extra dollars in my pension check, but when looking at the whole picture holistically – it wasn’t worth it to us. Time, freedom to do our thing and peace of mind meant so much more.
Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Summer’s here!
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