All Things Come To An End
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I don't think there's been enough time since the Big Bang for that to happen.Well now, you'll finally have time to learn how to like Penzance !
Congrats Jesse.
You’ve been “about to retire” since we first spoke together about 7 years ago!
You’ve been “about to retire” since we first spoke together about 7 years ago!
Really happy for you, Jesse.
It was hard for me to pull the trigger three years ago, but it has been a wonderful transition into another exciting chapter in life. Hoping the same for you.
It was hard for me to pull the trigger three years ago, but it has been a wonderful transition into another exciting chapter in life. Hoping the same for you.
had two periods of gainful unemployment during my adult lifetime. It was amazing how much you can get done.
Congratulations SableBrush52!
I think you have clearly got it figured out.
It is indeed a transition, but the most welcome one. Love it!
You wrote "Laziness is a virtue" & you clearly are NOT a 'lazy' person, BUT I do suspect you will become the most 'virtuous' retiree ever as you do lazy the Jesse way.
Congrats & ENJOY!
I think you have clearly got it figured out.
It is indeed a transition, but the most welcome one. Love it!
You wrote "Laziness is a virtue" & you clearly are NOT a 'lazy' person, BUT I do suspect you will become the most 'virtuous' retiree ever as you do lazy the Jesse way.
Congrats & ENJOY!
Congratulations on your long, diverse career and your retirement. Glad you were able to make the decision on your terms. I wish you many blessings.
Seven years ago I WAS planning to retire. I was working on a Scooby Do DTV and was going to call it a day when it was finished. But Warners had other ideas. I got shanghaied off of the Scooby project, which was mothballed, and dropped onto Harley Quinn to correct the Color Design pipeline, which was in complete chaos, two months behind after 3+ months of production. Six months later, having clawed back almost all of the deficit, I went back to complete the Scooby project and was offered the Art Director position on a Courage The Cowardly Dog/Scooby Do mash up called Outta Nowhere with a decent raise.
Then Warners kept offering me jobs to bridge the gap until Harley season 3, and after that they offered to put me on a retainer, getting a check whether I worked or not. Kind of hard to ignore an offer like that. Since I was getting credited with a 60 hour week, my pension was growing much more rapidly during the final few years. It's still pitiful, but about 30% more than I would have gotten in 2019.
So I continued on until last year, when we finished Harley Season 5. Since I was getting my Social Security and my pension, due to my age, I didn't bother to look for work. I was done, but I decided to wait to officially retire until my excellent medical benefits ran out and timed it to dovetail with my retirement medical coverage benefits, which I'm told are also excellent.
So here we are.
Better late than never.
Kinda, yeah!To paraphrase what someone wrote earlier in this thread, it must be like having six Saturdays after each Sunday!
We'll see. I've throttled back enough that the daily stuff I used to handle around my work schedule is managing to occupy my days. That said, I've been able to put some serious effort into things I had postponed, like revising the Pipedia Barling page after a nine year hiatus and adding the Barling auction page. I'm also getting some reading done.
People sometimes ask, "How was your weekend?" I often have to stop and think, "Weekend? When was the weekend."
Jesse, an impertinent question, "Daily walks?"
Jesse, an impertinent question, "Daily walks?"
Daily walks are short and few due to mid 90’s heat and morning dog duties. I need to step it up. Maybe do the treadmill at the gym rather than just the cycles.
Congratulations, Jesse! I hope you have a smooth transition into retirement and decades to enjoy it!
Congratulations Jesse. I found that the best part of retirement is being able do things on MY schedule, not my employers. Oil changes, grocery shopping, Dr. appointments, cutting the grass, traveling....when I want to do it, not when I can squeeze it in.
My wife recently retired. We can now take our travel trailer out midweek, never on a weekend. Life is good!
Again, congratulations.
My wife recently retired. We can now take our travel trailer out midweek, never on a weekend. Life is good!
Again, congratulations.