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Are you over 60?
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I was looking for an over 60 thread this morning before starting one and have been reading through this one. I am looking at 65 this year. The only excitement on the agenda is that I'll be able to obtain Medicare by the end of the summer so it will be a financial relief.
I would be grateful and enjoy knowing what people are doing with their time that are in their 60's and 70's that give some kind of enjoyment or purpose etc. and that are no longer full time employed. I don't have family, children or grandchildren as part of my life experience either so that's not available.
I would be grateful and enjoy knowing what people are doing with their time that are in their 60's and 70's that give some kind of enjoyment or purpose etc. and that are no longer full time employed. I don't have family, children or grandchildren as part of my life experience either so that's not available.
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Writing- poetry and poetic prose - is very important for me and also my long walks in the park visiting the wildlife. I'm not working but I should be but I hated my career. Now with both vaccinations, maybe I should rethink things but elsewhere in my brain is much chaos. How to go about changing me... seems impossible but necessary. The poetic stuff helps and the wildlife too. One day I might find the courage to talk to people. So that's it in a nutshell...☺
I still work, because Medicare ain't cheap. And have no pension. Mow the lawn in season, weed, fertilize and otherwise take care of house/yard. Mess around on SF, read, go to church, listen to the radio, watch TV. Not very exciting. I never married so have no kids either.
Be careful with Medicare. Part A - hospital is free, but you have to buy part B, then part D for meds, then extra for dental and vision. I find it much cheaper to work and get employer paid insurance. But you do HAVE TO sign up for Part A at 65.
Be careful with Medicare. Part A - hospital is free, but you have to buy part B, then part D for meds, then extra for dental and vision. I find it much cheaper to work and get employer paid insurance. But you do HAVE TO sign up for Part A at 65.
I'm not over 60 yet, but getting close (53)....Like you, @SillyOldBear, I will wait until I'm 70 (assuming I make it) to draw SS to get more money. And I plan on working until I die. I actually enjoy work, and don't subscribe in any way to the notion of a "traditional" retirement model.
I'd like to possibly become a campground host at a state or national park once I get to "retirement" age.
I'd like to possibly become a campground host at a state or national park once I get to "retirement" age.
Thanks. I didn't realize you had totally retired. I know you've shared that you've been working intensely in the recent past with the internal stuff. I don't have a really creative bone when it comes to the art of writing or drawing or crafting etc. I wish I hadn't sold my organ a few years back....I had lost interest in playing. It might be something to think about. I have a harmonium but they are limited in what they can do...it's not like having a huge keyboard. I still walk daily in the woods with the dogs, seeing wildlife still excites me.. I'm glad you find writing and wildlife walks helpful.
Yes Medicare can be a tangle. But I know it will be less than half of what I pay monthly now which is obscene. I'm glad to hear your employer pays insurance...so many don't anymore.
Beats becoming a Walmart host! But I wouldn't want to be either, since some degree of social skills and charisma would seem to be required, and I don't excel on this front. 
I would work only until financial independence, which might just mean I'd work till I die... at least if it weren't for the rampant ageism in the IT field, combined with at-will employment. That is, you can be let go at any time for no reason. What sorts of jobs might be more secure for those past their use-by date?
I would work only until financial independence, which might just mean I'd work till I die... at least if it weren't for the rampant ageism in the IT field, combined with at-will employment. That is, you can be let go at any time for no reason. What sorts of jobs might be more secure for those past their use-by date?
Beats becoming a Walmart host! But I wouldn't want to be either, since some degree of social skills and charisma would seem to be required, and I don't excel on this front.
I would work only until financial independence, which might just mean I'd work till I die... at least if it weren't for the rampant ageism in the IT field, combined with at-will employment. That is, you can be let go at any time for no reason. What sorts of jobs might be more secure for those past their use-by date?
I would work only until financial independence, which might just mean I'd work till I die... at least if it weren't for the rampant ageism in the IT field, combined with at-will employment. That is, you can be let go at any time for no reason. What sorts of jobs might be more secure for those past their use-by date?
