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One of the saddest stories I read was that of Wendy Rieger, the tv news person. She took the same approach and retired early, worked hard to convince her friends who are all reluctant because it's scary. She poured herself into the charity work she supported and then died of brain cancer months later.
To me retirement means you no longer have to work. There is a huge difference between full time work and part time retirement gigs to stay active and bring in a little extra cash for vacation upgrades, which is where I am.
I see your point and it looks like you see mine as well. I had no intentions of sitting around. I don't have a sailboat or the desire to play golf every day so I wanted something to do, to have a purpose. So I clean golf carts 2X/week and don't really consider that working, I was off all winter and became antsy. But I can see why you do. Working is working, I get that, but to me it's totally different.
Yeah it makes no sense to file for SS when you are still working. This is the biggest one, of course the benefit increases as you delay so if you still have a regular income why draw SS?
This is why I enjoy working at the golf course. Uber gave me contact with people but it's nice to have co-workers who you know and it's a great work environment.
Or worse yet, (and no offense meant to anyone who does so), spending my retirement babysitting the grandkids. I've never understood people who spend what time they have left watching their grandkids so the parents don't have to pay daycare. We didn't pawn 'em off on the grandparents...we worked different shifts when we could and paid for daycare when we couldn't. Rant over. I can't wait!!
Good point!
Where are you cleaning golf carts at? Any discounts there for your buds?
We are an hour away from the grandkids just so we won't become the babysitter. We also did the different shift thing to eliminate child care early on with ours.
Laytonsville Golf Course, Montgomery County. And yeah, uh, no. I couldn't get my brother in law a discount for night golf, he always wanted to try it. Have you ever tried it?Where are you cleaning golf carts at? Any discounts there for your buds?
Never played Laytonsville. In that area though, I've played Falls Road, Woodmont, and TPC Potomac courses. Nice area but a little too far to drive for golf. I used to work in Rockville, so those courses were easier to get to then.
I drove past Laytonsville for 17 years, it was my commute, and played it once. Back then it was a dog track. Like Falls Rd they put a lot of money into the course and it's far nicer, but it's still a basic muni. What I love about it is the high number of women golfers, because it's flat and fairly easy it's a great place for them to play. Like 20%-30% of our players are woman, never seen anything like that anywhere and they are just so nice. Fluff Cowan's mother in law is a regular, I give her a hug when I see her for the first time after the winter break. He was out giving her lessons the other day. They are both in their mid-70's I would say. He married young, rich guys tend to do that.
