I left the 40 hour a week grind in 2018. I did take a part time retirement gig to help with the transition (not that I needed the money, just felt that by keeping busy a few days per week I'd spend less...).
Actually thought I'd be fully retired by now as my wife and I love to travel. Of course, the "pandemic" has prevented traveling as much as we'd like. We did have a wonderful 11 day trip to Italy in October of 2019, but the 65th birthday cruise for my wife, sailing out of Barcelona, Spain that we booked in January of 2020, sailing in September of 2020 was canceled (did anyone want to be on a ship at that time?).
We're currently in the process of building our retirement home, hoping to be in it by late summer/early fall. Our grandson was just stationed in Okinawa last month, so we need to get a trip over there done soon.
I actually enjoy my current retirement gig. Three days per week I move everything from Covid specimens, vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, nuclear medicine, money (pharmacy deposits) and other supplies around Mayo Clinic properties in southern MN and western WI.
I'm not getting rich doing this, but I get about 10 - 13,000 steps in per day when I work and I have the satisfaction of knowing that I'm helping people that are less fortunate than I am. The company is extremely flexible when I want time off and I get PTO and paid holidays which is unusual for a part time gig. I also get to contribute to a Roth 401K with a company match.
I have yet to start drawing on my retirement investments, but I am collecting my SS.
At least we got a little domestic traveling done in 2021. We went to Nashville for the first NASCAR Cup race at the Nashville Super Speedway in June, back to Nashville with our daughter to go to the Grand Old Opry, the Ryman and then down to Huntsville for the Lee Greenwood Tribute Concert in October and we went to see our grandson get his "wings" at his Marine graduation ceremony in MCAS New River in NC in November.
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