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Dr. Bob Ross at 75 seems like the classic old-time doctor.
And this advice cracked me up.
Dr. Bob, 75, Knows the Human Realities of Aging on the Job
“What shouldn’t I eat?”
“Carbs. Sugar. If it tastes good, spit it out,” he said.
Bob had considered retiring at least a half-dozen times in the past decade, but he always chose to scale back instead. He stopped performing surgeries, taking call shifts, working in the emergency room and serving as county coroner. But he never wanted to quit seeing his patients, and sometimes he wondered if that was because of how much they needed him, or how much he needed them.
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I'm finally retiring in 2 months just before I turn 72, and I have very mixed feelings about it. I have far too many hobbies and potential projects that I can't get to while spending 8 hours a day 5 days a week working, and while I only go into the office 2 days a week, I hate the commute into Seattle. On the other hand, I love the pay and benefits, the challenges of the work that I do, and will really miss the 5 people that report to me. Unlike a doctor my work has no physical effort involved, I could probably do it until I drop, but once I made up my mind that the time has come, I'm sticking to it. My boss has already asked if I would be willing to come back as a part-time consultant and I said it depends on whether it could be fully remote and how much it would pay.
I am still working as an online tutor. I am 68. Tomorrow I have an interview with the company for a different position. I would be reviewing candidates for a new cohort. I am fine if I don't get it but it would be a fun challenge too.
I hope to work 2-3 more years.
I retired at 58 and 7 months later was asked to teach a college class hence my username. It was so much fun. Now I’m back to part time consulting in my career field and I am 70 soon. For me being able to work a little and set my own schedule is great.
I was asked to work on a pretty exciting major infrastructure project. Procurement, contract management work, etc. Good money. Took it even though I wasn't really seeking full-time because my life went sideways, I don't know what else to do, and I've got a homeless brother in my house that I can't stand being there. Might as well work and make some money for a while.
I like the job itself. The parts I DON'T like are age-related. I always worked in normal offices, at the very least a cubicle, but long ago graduated to a real office, you know, with a door and a window. But cubes are doable.
But no. At this job, which thankfully is hybrid, I go to an office in my own state and work in a cubicle 2 days but the third office day I have to go into NYC, not horrible, did it for decades, but it adds 30 minutes to the hour-long commute each way. The worst parts of that are that the NY office is the new-fangled kindergarten setup with everyone sitting shoulder to shoulder along long tabIes, no assigned spot, where we plop a laptop that we have to schlep from home and attend meetings wearing headphones. I feel as if I am in a 1980s late-night-buy-this-CD-set commercial. And my shoulder and back sometimes hurt from carrying the laptop. Never worked before at a place that didn't supply a computer. Or a reliable place to sit. But that's only one day a week.
As I strive to make myself indispensible, I plan to start arranging more remote time.
At age 51, I went from a 5-day (40-hour) work week to a 3-day (24-hour) work week.
Then, at age 53, I retired completely because I didn't have enough time to do all the things I wanted to do like playing golf, dog training, clay target shooting, and other activities while still working 3 days per week.
I retired at 57 and will be 70 this year. I've been so busy with hobbies, RV travel and home projects that I'm starting to think I made a mistake by not retiring earlier.
Retirement has allowed me the time to work on the things I want to work on rather than having to work for money. I can work the hours I want to work, doing the things I want to do and do something else when I get tired of doing that. That's the beauty of volunteer work. They can't hold the threat of being fired over your head and they need you more than you need them. Spend my time working on STEM education projects and youth programs.
My husband is a CPA and I'm encouraging him now to just enjoy his clients when they visit his office.
Listen to them and their stories.
I think we all need human interaction and especially as we get older.
I can see him still doing the job at 75. When I suggest he start going through some old stuff at the office, he gets defensive. I leave it alone.
My current and former employers (both CPA firms) retire their partners at ages 65 and 62. CPAs can stay on after that as a manager, but hardly any of them do. One of the partners at the previous firm said that the partners' compensation goes up while their billings go down.
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Very true
