Retirement Fears?

I was glad not to have to worry about going to work anymore but then I also did not work at one job my whole life, I like to be working online and making up my own time,

I am retired and more than happy to be retired. I am never bored, I have the feeling i am more busy now than when I worked.

I was pushed into retirement without any of the "safety nets" that are supposed to be there. It's scary and upsetting. *shrug* But there's nothing I can do about it.

I retired early and have never been happier, although I loved teaching. Some don't know what to do with themselves and have no hobbies or interests. Others get sick and die. Fortunately, we planned ahead for retirement when we first got married.

I was really pleased to retire as was my husband. I do know that some find it very difficult to deal with.

My cousin also got depression after retirement. As for me, I am semi-retired. I don't have a full time job now. I work as a freelancer.

I’m a long way from retirement age which is good and bad. What kind of business did you open?

I did not wait for retirement but gave up working on my own.

My husband has been retired for two months tomorrow. We planned for it ahead of time, a year and a half to ee exact. And we waited until he was mentally and emotionally ready. He finds it so freeing, too.

I have worked for different companies throughout my life. With one, I worked for almost four years and that is the most time I´ve spent with a company. I consider myself retiring since the moment I felt free from an 8-hour daily schedule. I occurred almost 15 years ago. That is the time, I started focusing on jobs online. I have been doing jobs online for about 12 - 14 years and I have combined them with offline jobs that do not require more than 2 to three hours a day. Many people ask me if I'm a retired person but I always tell them that found a better way and not time-demanding way of obtaining the money to pay rent and groceries. I have hopes that in the near future, I will find more rewarding ways for making a living

I am not afraid of aging, yet I am worried to be immobile.

I loved my job as a secretary at our local Health Department for 27 years, but that last year was brutal. I retired and never regretted it. We had no way of knowing that two years later our daughter in law would die suddenly and we helped our son raise his two year old baby.

I started looking forward to retirement on my first day at my first job. I really didn't want to work, but knew it wasn't an option. I'm now happily retired for the past almost 8 years. I am busier now doing what I love than I ever was working and enjoying my life so much more.

I am worried whether I will have enough money. Impossible to save for retirement. Many times it's made out to be great, but a lot of people have to continue to work because things are so expensive.

Retirement is good if you have enough money and something to occupy your time.

I can understand that. For a lot of people their job is such a big part of their life that without it they feel that they have lost their purpose. And of course if it is a prestigious job then they have more to lose, they go from being, for example, chair of a big corporation to being just another old person. Not fun.

I am very much looking forward to it. I think the key is having things you want to do, and of course having made the right financial plans to actually be able to afford it and enjoy it. Not many people do that. I have heard many horror stories, but usually they stem from those ill-prepared for retirement.