Elizabeth2
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Posted At: 31/10/2008 09:55:31
Hi Silvermist
Many thanks for your uplifting reply.
I will certainly contact my local college to see what day classes they have on offer.
Our Postman has suggested I explore the option of doing an OU Course, I am not sure if I have got the brains for that!! but I will make some enquiries.
Very best wishes.
Elizabeth
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Silvermist
Posts: 4531
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Posted At: 31/10/2008 18:00:40
Go for it, Elizabeth, you have nothing to lose but some boredom.
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Valerie Jackson-Powell
Posts: 625
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Posted At: 02/11/2008 20:29:43
I have been retired for a year now. I was a freelance legal secretary/assistant. Sometimes I feel I have too much spare time, but I'm trying various voluntary jobs hoping to meet some like minded people for friendship. My husband and I run an on-line business from home but I need to get out and be amongst people, whereas he is quite happy to sit behind his computer all day long. When we have nice sunny days we get our walking boots on and go walking in the woods. It really gives me a lift. I keep looking at courses at the local college but there's nothing that takes my fancy. I have also heard about the U3A but they seem to be a slighly older generation. I can't believe I've reached this age of retirement, I shall probably go back to work if this credit crunch ever comes to an end.
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Coomara
Posts: 757
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Posted At: 02/11/2008 22:19:19
I took early retirement 10 years ago and have never regretted it for a moment. You will find very many retired people say "I don't know how I ever had time to go to work." It of course pays to have hobbies or interests. Mine are bowls which I play winter and summer and bridge in the evenings. I think women find it easier than men who tend to define themselves by their jobs.
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Patchwork
Posts: 1301
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Posted At: 12/11/2008 09:53:46
I went to my first Saza Zone area meeting yesterday. Great lunch, great company and a really nice time........people with outlook similar to mine ...... great range of topics talked about and not at all prissy.....
I am not a great 'joiner' but this is a group that I could feel really relaxed with - a great place for newly retired people to start building their new social life. Can really recommend it.
Angela
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blackjackslovelygirl
Posts: 8
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Posted At: 15/11/2008 21:37:54
I haven't taken early retirement but am planning to retire from my job at Christmas. I teach, have loved it but want to have some fun. I'm thinking of part-time or supply now and then and will need to structure what I do. I have loved my job but am a bit fed up with the useless round of new 'initiatives' that are the flavour of the month then disappear a into the ether to be replaced with a new 'thing'.
I have just joined this site in fact in order to gather advice....
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marria
Posts: 29
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Posted At: 17/11/2008 17:13:49
I am a teacher too and started phased retirement in September so I now do 3 days a week. Oh I know all about the initiatives you refer to - what a waste of time and energy not to mention paper! I will probably consider full retirement at a later date but for the moment find this suits me well. I have done supply in the past but may well find myself doing it again in the future.
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Patchwork
Posts: 1301
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Posted At: 17/11/2008 17:38:50
I took early retirement because I had grotty arthritis and teaching inner city secondary you need to be on top of everything all the time - especially teaching ICT! I've been 'out' since January and even though the hip has been sorted I can't imagine going back to teaching - I have remembered what it feels like to be relaxed and in control of my life.
I knew I was heading for retirement when I realised that I had become the old awkward one in staff meetings who always argued that we had tried the new initiative under a different name in the 80s/90s etc and it didn't work then! Also I realised that as I appeared to be the only one trying to have some decent discipline and as little bad language as possible in class, I was out of step with the 'modern' way. I could have changed school to a 'nicer' area or gone to a private school but I am so glad I didn't.
Phased part-time exit is a good way to go - but taking the full plunge is great.
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marria
Posts: 29
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Posted At: 18/11/2008 18:33:51
I know what you mean about being out of step with current philosophy (yes, it has all been here before with different names) and most of the new initiatives just seem to support the way things are. I am one of a few who believe that children need some sort of framework or some boundaries of behaviour. Where I teach, also inner ring, they certainly don't usually get it at home! It has always proved successful as an approach if it is fair and consistent and children at very least tend to respect you more, in some cases even like you!
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surreyhills
Posts: 18
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Posted At: 21/02/2010 18:45:26
Thank you for the advice on here- nearly 58 I thought I was going to teach until I am 60 but ex colleagues are going early all around me and asking why I am not doing same. I now teach in a school where the kids are positive but the physical exhaustion I teach a practical subject - (food tech) is what gets me as well as all the meetings and initiatives. So have made appointment with financial adviser we had in school recently to weigh it all up.
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frisbie
Posts: 183
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Posted At: 16/03/2010 09:22:41
Oh Merlina, how sensible you are. Living in the developed world blinds us to the poverty that prevents ninty percent of our neighbours suffer but to ease our conscience there is nothing an individual can do, so without being cynical; make the best of what you have left and hope that before the Sun cools down people will become civilised.
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CDog
Posts: 14
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Posted At: 02/09/2010 19:23:28
Years ago my pal Geoff retired at 56 years old and I thought I would make that my aim. 15 years later I too retired at 56 and boy, is it great? He once said, "the best thing is lying in bed reading the paper with a cup of tea and listening to neighbours scraping the frost off their windscreens!"
I know what he means. There is so much to do like visit New Zealand, trek to Everest, climb Mont Blanc, follow my daughter's motor racing career and so much more.
I think we should all retire at 45 for 20 years then go back to work till we die. It is so sad to hear of friends and colleagues (is there a difference?) who either never make it or who die within months of retirement. If you get the opportunity to finish work grab it with both hands and don't worry about finances. You will be surprised how much it cost you just to go to work and walking on a sunny day is free!
Enjoy, Peted
I have been thinking hard about retirement in Jan (55th Bday) and this post gives me the kick to stop hanging onto job titles (self esteem generator I think) and enjoy this spinning rock at a decent time in life. |
Randallr
Posts: 789
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Posted At: 02/09/2010 19:54:49
Years ago my pal Geoff retired at 56 years old and I thought I would make that my aim. 15 years later I too retired at 56 and boy, is it great? He once said, "the best thing is lying in bed reading the paper with a cup of tea and listening to neighbours scraping the frost off their windscreens!"
I know what he means. There is so much to do like visit New Zealand, trek to Everest, climb Mont Blanc, follow my daughter's motor racing career and so much more.
I think we should all retire at 45 for 20 years then go back to work till we die. It is so sad to hear of friends and colleagues (is there a difference?) who either never make it or who die within months of retirement. If you get the opportunity to finish work grab it with both hands and don't worry about finances. You will be surprised how much it cost you just to go to work and walking on a sunny day is free!
Enjoy, Peted
I have been thinking hard about retirement in Jan (55th Bday) and this post gives me the kick to stop hanging onto job titles (self esteem generator I think) and enjoy this spinning rock at a decent time in life.
Couldn`t agree more,I retired at 63, 4yrs ago & my wife soon after.We do what we want when we want.I honestly don`t know how we found the time to go to work!!! 
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drax
Posts: 233
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Posted At: 03/09/2010 19:18:20
I retired aged 59 over 3 years ago mainly because my wife persuade me to leave. I think she thought that my health would begin to suffer if I did not retire. The job was quite stressful, occasionally violent and because I was already working part-time an added stress was not having enough hours in the working week to complete my work. This meant I worked extra hours for no extra pay.
3 months after I retired I began to feel quite depressed, my life did not have any purpose and I knew I would have to look for work or I would go 'mad'. Fortunately my old boss contacted me 5 months after my retirement and asked me if I would like to go back to work for a few weeks on a consultancy basis to help them out. I practically 'snatched his hand off'. I returned to work and stayed there for nearly 2 years and enjoyed every minute of it.
For me retirement was not that enjoyable and though I have retired yet again I still miss the 'buzz' of the workplace.
On this occasion my retirement consists of doing DIY projects and gardening.
Retirement has to be carefully planned or else it can be a miserable experience and of course money is much tighter.
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co co
Posts: 57
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Posted At: 03/09/2010 21:36:35
drax its different for men thay often miss the work place, but women like being at home and find lots to do in the home cooking gardening ect .
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drax
Posts: 233
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Posted At: 03/09/2010 21:48:58
drax its different for men thay often miss the work place, but women like being at home and find lots to do in the home cooking gardening ect .
I suppose your are correct Co Co, I have always been used to work. Leaving school at 15 years, my parents always instilled in me the work ethic. I feel guilty if I am not working and earning a living to provide for my family.
I don't think I will ever be able to truly relax and enjoy retirement, it is alien to my outlook. |
