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In reply to the discussion: I retired a little over two years ago and I can honestly tell you this. [View all]Tree Lady
(11,624 posts)I retired early 7 yrs ago, tried for a few jobs in small town we were living in but didn't really care that I didn't get it. That was way before they were screaming and begging for employees. We moved here 5 years ago and I decided even though larger town not to work so we could RV any time we wanted or I could go visit kids out of state.
I have found lots to keep me busy, classes, bookclub, exercise and hiking, gardening, dog stuff. We got a golden retriever 5 1/2 years ago to force us to stay active and it works!
I absolutely love waking up slowly and drinking a cup of tea and looking out window at trees and flowers. After all the years of office politics, watching bosses giving special treatment to certain employees, having employees be nice or mean depending on how they felt I am so glad to be out of that treadmill.