How important is your job in your life?
Posted by: Chillkram on 05 October 2007
Some people just go to work to make a living, others are lucky enough to do a job they love. Some people just have a need to be the best they can at what they do. What is it that motivates you to go to work?
Posted on: 13 October 2007 by Mick P
Ken
At what age did you retire ?
I took a retirement package at 55 expecting never to work again but I only lasted a few weeks because I was restless.
I am now 58 and am mentally going over to retirement mainly because I bought a place in Spain and everyone out there seems to be on sleeping pills.
I think the best way to retire is to do private work and increase the gaps in between jobs and just let it run down.
Regards
Mick
At what age did you retire ?
I took a retirement package at 55 expecting never to work again but I only lasted a few weeks because I was restless.
I am now 58 and am mentally going over to retirement mainly because I bought a place in Spain and everyone out there seems to be on sleeping pills.
I think the best way to retire is to do private work and increase the gaps in between jobs and just let it run down.
Regards
Mick
Posted on: 13 October 2007 by Colin Lorenson
Just turned 50, getting married soon and will have another kid. What is retirement anyway?
Personally I've far too much energy and interest in what I do, and desire to develop myself, to even consider retiring. I imagine I would be like Mick was, bored and restless. My philosophy is to do as much as you can for as long as you can. We are a long time dead.
Personally I've far too much energy and interest in what I do, and desire to develop myself, to even consider retiring. I imagine I would be like Mick was, bored and restless. My philosophy is to do as much as you can for as long as you can. We are a long time dead.
Posted on: 13 October 2007 by KenM
Mick,
I retired at 65, getting on for eight years ago. I had previously enquired about terms for early retirement but I had been told "No chance". So I did the full term. I was offered a consulting role, but on conditions which were frankly, insulting.
I did a little independent consulting but very quickly lost interest in it and concentrated on doing other, new things. These keep me busy, happy and entertained to a degree which has surprised me. It must have been just the right time for a change of direction.
Regards,
Ken
I retired at 65, getting on for eight years ago. I had previously enquired about terms for early retirement but I had been told "No chance". So I did the full term. I was offered a consulting role, but on conditions which were frankly, insulting.
I did a little independent consulting but very quickly lost interest in it and concentrated on doing other, new things. These keep me busy, happy and entertained to a degree which has surprised me. It must have been just the right time for a change of direction.
Regards,
Ken
Posted on: 13 October 2007 by Jonathan Gorse
Well, after nearly 12 years doing project management in an IT/internal consultant capacity and really not enjoying getting up to go to work everyday, indeed feeling rather depressed about it I came to the conclusion that the situation had to change! I had always wanted to be a pilot so I retrained and have now joined Flybe as a pilot. My gross salary is about half what it was in IT but I absolutely love it and feel like a different person in and out of work.
I really do believe that most of us know instinctively what we wanted to do when we were kids, it's just that we end up drifting into something we never wanted to do when adult bills have to be paid. Money is no compensation for unhappiness at work.
There were a couple of other jobs I rather fancied - hi-fi reviewer, recording engineer, Emma Bunton's gynecologist - that kind of thing but flying is better than the first two and nearly as good as the last!
Tally ho!
Jonathan
I really do believe that most of us know instinctively what we wanted to do when we were kids, it's just that we end up drifting into something we never wanted to do when adult bills have to be paid. Money is no compensation for unhappiness at work.
There were a couple of other jobs I rather fancied - hi-fi reviewer, recording engineer, Emma Bunton's gynecologist - that kind of thing but flying is better than the first two and nearly as good as the last!
Tally ho!
Jonathan
Posted on: 13 October 2007 by Earwicker
quote:Originally posted by Mick Parry:
At one time in my career, I controlled half a warehouse and a £400m budget. Being retired means you walk around Tescos controlling a budget of say £75 and believe me it is one hell of a come down.
Regards
Mick
It's an ego thing, Mick, you might get over it if you retire and give yourself time! Egotists always think if they go all goes and they're almost always wrong.
Anyway, I thought you had retired and gone to sun yourself in the Costa del SomewhereGhastly whilst strumming a ludicrously expensive acoustic guitar very badly?
Regards,
Earwicker
Posted on: 13 October 2007 by Mick P
Earwicker
It is not an issue of thinking whether one is indispensible or not but more of your worth and what you contribute to the system.
Going from a position of influence down to nothing does take some adjusting to.
I am not retired, I now consult and I have a shack in a small village several miles in from the coast in southern Spain and it is very rural and very Spanish.
I will soon be packing work in as for the first time in my life, doing nothing seems very attractive.
Regards
Mick
It is not an issue of thinking whether one is indispensible or not but more of your worth and what you contribute to the system.
Going from a position of influence down to nothing does take some adjusting to.
I am not retired, I now consult and I have a shack in a small village several miles in from the coast in southern Spain and it is very rural and very Spanish.
I will soon be packing work in as for the first time in my life, doing nothing seems very attractive.
Regards
Mick
Posted on: 13 October 2007 by Mick P
Ken
You went at 65 and I hope to go at 60. All I was saying was 55 is far to young.
Glad to see you are having a good time.
Regards
Mick
You went at 65 and I hope to go at 60. All I was saying was 55 is far to young.
Glad to see you are having a good time.
Regards
Mick
Posted on: 13 October 2007 by Earwicker
quote:Originally posted by Mick Parry:
I will soon be packing work in as for the first time in my life, doing nothing seems very attractive.
Sounds good, I'm sure you'll find something to do. I keep thinking, in a few decades I'll be dead, all this will have been for nothing anyway, do I really want to spend what little time I've got left doing this? My job is just something I have to tolerate I'm afraid. As are they all. Unless you're a concert pianist or a F1 racing driver, or you do something that involves the breasts of attractive young ladies, then it's just a sentence and a waste of life to me.
EW