My husband a CPA, retired at 80 from a Natl. corp. Six months later they called and asked if he would like to come back part time. No Way! We did not need the money, it had become way to high pressure, and as they hired more young folks, it got worse. I worked in finance at a natl. tool and die company hdq. for years, but as people left or retired, the young folks wee clueless how to do the work. I knew all the jobs from payroll, to accts. payable, but my job was accts. rec., collections, sales tax for all divisions, reconciling all accts to gen. ledger, doing adjustments. But they hired people who could not do hose tinks, so when I walked out tired of it, collections ent undone, taxes were not paid for several months, and they had a bar maid doing accts. payable, who I told the Treas. had no clue what she was doing before I left. I used to do the payrolls when the plant closed for vacations for the local crw and our other divisions, not sure who had to stay and do that. I decided to go back to college at that point and besdie having college in computers and accounting, did something for myself, major in English, but soon had also a mjor in philosophy and loved it, and the also one in biology. The head of science dept. came to me twice to get me to go into cince, but I new that would be a big city job, and I loved my country wooded retreat with lots of wld animals, and my husband was still working also. So, I stayed with majores in all three, and just did it for myself, loved every minute of every class.I stupidly went to work for the local paper, and became the person who worked over 50 hours a week and covered all areas from business, schools, to obits and human interest. My doc said I should give it up as my BP was up and I rarely saw my wonderful woods. Best thing I ever did, just give it up, and let the morons who cannot tell if a person is qualifed cover the slack!My health went back to very good and I started enjoying life, even the debates of the political nature, as that is actually fun for me.Having once worked in a Congaressional office, I know how flawed the employees are even there, and that they need to be held accountable, and that is fun.

Good for you!

Yeah...stress should be avoided. Ever since the C19 pandemic started to slow down I've gotten very good at not giving a shit. Bought a rental property and sold my dad's old place last year. My realtor said, "You're a great negotiator. You seem so relaxed!" I said, "It's not that I'm acting like I don't give a shit. I actually don't give a shit." Haha.....

Yes, Stormi...

Thanks Jim. Good luck on your search.

What fun!!!

My husband reitred as a CPA for a natl. firm just as things tightened up, but we still have an acct. practice at home. We also did quite well investing for retirement. It takes getting used to how it all works, but become enjoyable, even in bad times. Everything apid for, thank goodness. Got a new Camaro this year, paid cash. All to avoid the EV takeover, whch now GM has cancelled. We stay busy with husband in civic org. and we have regular coffee pals for good ole rousing alk each mroning, quite diverse and all hating Biden's lying and ignorant policies. So we share, then we go out and share what we all larn. We are the guardians, we ae the last age who grew up knowing that capitalism ws good and how to make it work. Young people are so uninformed and do not seem to care. Now companies find they cannot do things, cannot communicae and so need AI, but as we said when I originally got my first degree in computers, "Garbage in, Barbage out!" Such is what AI will be, only as good as the access to all learning without the liberal limitations it is likely to be taught. I was lucky, my cad was a retail mgr. weho tlaked business at the dinner table, and taught me to save up and how capitalism owrks, and well, if you do as you should.

"Time is irreplaceable". Truer words were never written.
Had everything planned, and when.... just has never worked out. Still working my company and another job... Have to keep in mind..."time is irreplaceable".

Me too, but don't want to go back to high stress/away from home jobs.

The world is really going to miss us folks when we are gone. They don't EVEN know how much......

It actually is a Ponzi scheme, but you may be able still to benefit from it. We have managed to save up, since we started taking SS, MANY thousands of dollars simply by banking/investing it as it comes in - all after the time when we both thought it would be "gone."

I would, however, HATE to have to depend on it to live on. As a "bonus," though - it's pretty nice.

There's no small satisfaction, also, in just knowing that you remain useful, even though Gen Z thinks we're "half dead." Hate to think what it'll be like when there's nothing left but them....

Oro Valley, oooh, the High-Dollar suburbs! I actually haven't even driven up there. Hub's job is at the airport, which means it's nearly an hour to get to/from Oro Valley from there. He has a hard limit of 30 minutes drive time at his age (because life's too short), so we moved to Corona de Tucson, an unincorporated berg right smack in the desert. I am literally just down the street from open desert. Had a herd of javelinas grace my driveway and front yard just a couple weeks ago. Really cute little one scampering along behind momma, but they sure can be destructive!

Similar story. I knew an engineer at the firm where I work now from my previous work. We used to solve some issues over the phone. A month after I hit my Gulch region I joined the guy for lunch, mentioned that I was already getting antsy and a week later they asked me to join them. It has worked out very well, for the most part. Good people.

Those specific countries do tax worldwide income.Lots of 'lesser' countries don't, e.g., most Caribbean, some Central American, some South American, some Asian, a few in Europe.

There you go, and my advice to myself!

In my past work I looked at wind power siting (and payback). I recently co-authored a white paper on solar thermal. That was presented in Greece. I find that stuff interesting. I'm a realist, though...and haven't drank the Greeny's cool aid. That said, renewables have a place. I get frustrated when close-minded engineers just shrug it off like it's a communist plot....haha. You probably have experienced that. People are funny.

Part time is very, very good. Feels much healthier. I asked my old college buddy who lives in Sweden why he still looks 25. Aside from running around with gorgeous blondes since he moved over he said he "only works 80%" = 4 days per week. All he's ever done.

Thanks Jan. Good luck with all that!

I still hike, lift and do several rounds with the boxing gloves on: double-ended bag, heavy bag, etc. Good workout. I intend to keep active until the bones and joints completely fall apart...hoping that technology will allow for easy rework when it's needed.

Thanks VetteGuy. Very good...

Funny you mention that. They're international. Big in Australia, Canada, several others...

That's what government does, certainly. I call social security a Ponzi scheme...

I've ruled out the long hours anymore. Won't do it.

Yeah, I appreciate that. I could easily get back into the flying/hotel/suitcase thing if I'm not careful and I know it. I'm working part-time at a very good firm now, having fun. But, I find myself nosing my way into business development, pushing things technically, etc. Lately, I'm doing an energy compliance calculation for a very large commercial building and it's a mundane pain in my tookus.

I almost settled in Tuscon. Figured I'd take my aerospace brain and move to Oro Valley and find some fun work in Tuscon. Good for you guys. I'm 57 now and still have some pep in my step. I love to contribute and that's my problem. I enjoy teaching young engineers how to apply theory to real-world applications....because they've never heard that stuff.... I was just invited to join a board for a new high school aviation/aerospace program. Just getting started. I've told them (as my full-shrug job) that I'd get credentialed and teach if it was needed. It looks like it will be needed because there is a massive shortage of teachers for such topics. Your husband and I have seen a massive brain drain...