Retirement: When do you plan to retire? (3 Viewers)

[Booker]

Why Americans Are Pleasantly Surprised in Retirement

Social Security is much more important to retired Americans than they thought it would be.

news.gallup.com

This was in the news yesterday. Just hoping those funds don't get raided in the name of "efficiency."

So many Americans died from COVID, it’s boosting Social Security to the tune of $205 billion

The increase is “driven primarily by the premature death of people who would have received retirement benefits.”

www.yahoo.com

 

[Tony1Saintfan]

I had to retire back in 2017 because of a disability. I had surgery on my right hand and the surgeon clipped a nerve that went to my index finger. Doing automation work in substations which is what I did required me to handle small wires some with pretty high dc voltage. It was impossible for me to continue doing that. Thankfully I was prepared to retire and had my 401k ready I also got disability social security so I’m actually making a little more than I did when I was working.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

curious to hear y'all's read of the Cricket and Ant fable

THE ANT AND THE CRICKET​

Once upon a time... one hot summer, a cricket sang cheerfully on the branch of a tree, while down below, a long line of ants struggled gamely under the weight of their load of grains; and between one song and the next, the cricket spoke to the ants. "Why are you working so hard? Come into the shade, away from the sun, and sing a song with me." But the tireless ants went on with the work... "We can't do that," they said, "We must store away food for the winter. When the weather`s cold and the ground white with snow, there's nothing to eat, and we'll survive the winter only if the pantry is full."
"There's plenty of summer to come," replied the cricket, "and lots of time to fill the pantry before winter. I'd rather sing! How can anyone work in this heat and sun?"

And so all summer, the cricket sang while the ants laboured. But the days turned into weeks and the weeks into months. Autumn came, the leaves began to fall and the cricket left the bare tree. The grass too was turning thin and yellow. One morning, the cricket woke shivering with cold. An early frost tinged the fields with white and turned the last of the green leaves brown: winter had come at last. The cricket wandered, feeding on the few dry stalks left on the hard frozen ground. Then the snow fell and she could find nothing at all to eat. Trembling and famished, she thought sadly of the warmth and her summer songs. One evening, she saw a speck of light in the distance, and trampling through the thick snow, made her way towards it.

"Open the door! Please open the door! I'm starving. Give me some food!" An ant leant out of the window.

"Who's there? Who is it?"

"It's me - the cricket. I'm cold and hungry, with no roof over my head."

"The cricket? Ah, yes! I remember you. And what were you doing all summer while we were getting ready for winter?"

"Me? I was singing and filling the whole earth and sky with my song!"

"Singing, eh?" said the ant. "Well, try dancing now!"

 

[kcirdor]

Those poor ants got free entertainment all summer long... they didn't even have to whistle while they worked.... they just had tiktok/youtube playing in the background with ad blocker on so the cricket never made any revenue off of ads... he could have bought winter supplies if those Ants weren't so selfish....... /s


Fables need to be updated for youtube and advertisements.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Those poor ants got free entertainment all summer long... they didn't even have to whistle while they worked.... they just had tiktok/youtube playing in the background with ad blocker on so the cricket never made any revenue off of ads... he could have bought winter supplies if those Ants weren't so selfish....... /s


Fables need to be updated for youtube and advertisements.

Does ‘/s’ stand for ‘so fa’real?’

 

[0rion]

curious to hear y'all's read of the Cricket and Ant fable

THE ANT AND THE CRICKET​

Once upon a time... one hot summer, a cricket sang cheerfully on the branch of a tree, while down below, a long line of ants struggled gamely under the weight of their load of grains; and between one song and the next, the cricket spoke to the ants. "Why are you working so hard? Come into the shade, away from the sun, and sing a song with me." But the tireless ants went on with the work... "We can't do that," they said, "We must store away food for the winter. When the weather`s cold and the ground white with snow, there's nothing to eat, and we'll survive the winter only if the pantry is full."
"There's plenty of summer to come," replied the cricket, "and lots of time to fill the pantry before winter. I'd rather sing! How can anyone work in this heat and sun?"

And so all summer, the cricket sang while the ants laboured. But the days turned into weeks and the weeks into months. Autumn came, the leaves began to fall and the cricket left the bare tree. The grass too was turning thin and yellow. One morning, the cricket woke shivering with cold. An early frost tinged the fields with white and turned the last of the green leaves brown: winter had come at last. The cricket wandered, feeding on the few dry stalks left on the hard frozen ground. Then the snow fell and she could find nothing at all to eat. Trembling and famished, she thought sadly of the warmth and her summer songs. One evening, she saw a speck of light in the distance, and trampling through the thick snow, made her way towards it.

"Open the door! Please open the door! I'm starving. Give me some food!" An ant leant out of the window.

"Who's there? Who is it?"

"It's me - the cricket. I'm cold and hungry, with no roof over my head."

"The cricket? Ah, yes! I remember you. And what were you doing all summer while we were getting ready for winter?"

"Me? I was singing and filling the whole earth and sky with my song!"

"Singing, eh?" said the ant. "Well, try dancing now!"

Birds gotta eat too

 

[0rion]

I basically "retired" at 38. The enemy of retirees is boredom and weight gain. Oh....the first year or two it's all out getting stuff done. How about year 16? It's a battle finding things to do. The other enemy is mental or social stimulation. I have very few meaningful interactions with people these days. Not a terrible thing really as I'm pretty happy being left alone 90% of the time. I do miss the adult interactions from time to time. I read online or play puzzle or word games to help keep me mentally stimulated but that can only do so much really. I watch a lot of jeopardy too