Or do you not intend to? Or have you already? Retirement is coming up for me in a few years, so I’m considering my options.
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Travel a little, volunteer in the community, use any (if any) excess funds to try and better the things around me, cook more, adopt pets.
I’ll be 95.
I’m hoping to breathe, and to poop safely.
Slowly sail around the world, maybe document it so folks who might not otherwise have the chance to experience those places, can, if they are interested. Live as small and as green as possible on my boat. Solar, wind turbine, water generator.
Like many others here, travel. I would also like to get into gardening and become a better cook.
I talked to one person near retirement age who talked about climbing down the corporate ladder. The idea is to take jobs of progressively less responsibility and more vacation and use the time to transfer knowledge to junior staff.
Use the money to fund better and longer vacations.
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It depends on the industry. In the kind of industry where someone is running an office department, they can negotiate for more time off and less responsibility in return for a lower salary.
Retire?
Ha, good one
I can’t even conceive of that. I’d sit and rot until I died. I’ll be working in some capacity until death.
The trick is to work for yourself instead of for someone else. This is what hobbies are for obviously those can be difficult to achieve under the current system of work for literally every goddamn fucking hour of your life other than sleep and eating but I assure you there is plenty of fulfillment to be found doing something for yourself and sometimes depending on what it is you find a passion for you can even turn it into a little side hustle job to make some extra money
I’m afraid that I’ve never had a hobby, I don’t derive pleasure from the completion of tasks. Work is the only thing I really do.
Go to Hawaii.
Camping, traveling, hiking and going places that are enjoyable and accessible with my wife and dogs.
Gardening / homesteading in such a way to live as self-sufficiently as possible.
My way I want to give back in retirement is working as a volunteer urban/wildland canine search and rescue team.
I train my dogs in scent/detection sports and tracking now so I’m prepared to understand how to do the real deal once I have time to volunteer in retirement. My current job is in a related field, so I already have many of the other skills and certifications that would be needed, but I don’t work with dogs for my job.
If I need extra income in retirement, I’ll probably get into offering dog training for detection/tracking.
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Not starve or be homeless.
Don’t believe in ‘retirement.’ Already have plans to transition into full-time writing.
Take care of my body so I can enjoy retirement. I hope I find some things that keep me active in the community. I think I would make and enjoy more art.
Start today. You will lose muscle mass between now & then and keeping it up makes a huge difference.
If you’re interested I read this useful book on the subject: Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity by Peter Attia
Attia puts out good content.
I will probably spend a full year doing Not A Damn Thing™. After that, who knows. Volunteer somewhere maybe.
I kind of enjoyed being a tutor in college so maybe go back and be a staff-level instructor (lower level courses). If it wasn’t actual work (for pay) probably I’d focus on contributing to open source projects I thought would really help people.
I considered this, but I actually kind of want to get away from teaching what I currently do for a living.
Travel, play board games, and watch movies.
