[DubaiRich]

I have 360 days until I toss in the towel.

20 years of military, 15 with the Feds...just tired of dealing spoiled, entitled people!

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by DubaiRich

I have 360 days until I toss in the towel.

20 years of military, 15 with the Feds...just tired of dealing spoiled, entitled people!

I always told my wife that the only difference between the FAA & the Navy was I get to wear my own clothes, can quit when I want and get paid much, much, much better.

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by DubaiRich

I have 360 days until I toss in the towel.

20 years of military, 15 with the Feds...just tired of dealing spoiled, entitled people!

Reminds me of my Army days.

At 99 days, we were a “2 digit fidget.”

At 30 days, we started saying, “Short!”

The day before, “One day and a wakeup.”

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

Reminds me of my Army days.

At 99 days, we were a “2 digit fidget.”

At 30 days, we started saying, “Short!”

The day before, “One day and a wakeup.”

We (OSes) sectioned-off this and used it for our short-timers calendars...



I can't remember how many days it covered.

[demas]

End of 2023 managed a great sev package from JPM where I was for 25 years - prior to that worked as a GS-12 civilian doing tech work for APAC DoD.


I don’t miss the corporate life but look back periodically on all the fun and regulatory headaches etc. It’s a good feeling of achievement with no regrets.


Passively, doing realestate with the Navy here in Yokosuka and the other branches in Okinawa.


Safeguarding wealth management, maximizing tax savings is almost a full time job - on top of that maintaining 2 older (but worth it) BMW’s - it’s almost full time work…

[bucketfoot]

Our current plans are to retire at the end of 2026 or maybe wait for 2027 bonuses.

Financially we are good to retire at any time, but are mainly just waiting for me to hit 65 next May and be Medicare eligible so that we only have to fully pay for medical out of pocket for one of us.

I'm pretty happy in my job and very much enjoy my paycheck, but I'm definitely ready and have to admit that I'm leaning more and more towards retiring closer to my birthday

[dreamingat30fps]

Originally Posted by MassWholeBimmer

Not to turn this into a "Im still working thread", but...Been with my company for 44 years this September as an Engineering manager. Just turned 65 last year and still work. My boss is great, love the job, and best point is I work from home. Told the boss no more traveling, and to put/keep me on legacy projects.. I don't want to be on a project where the design won't hit production for years..

I get 6 weeks vacation, plus 14 holidays and I buy a week of vacation... Life is still good...

Kinda same here. Been self employed for he past like 10 years and honestly I feel like I'm basically retired. Everything I do is online with maybe 7-9 days out of the year where I attend some events in person. Even then it's like an hour max I'm at those events. I work whatever hours I want and most days I barely have an hour worth of work.

First couple of years we traveled around the country with our RV. As long as I could get a cell signal we were fine.

Honestly as long as I can keep this gig going I will "work" forever. That being said I'm saving up like crazy, because if/when the shit hit's the fan I'm done. I'll be retiring for real because I can't even imagine going back to a 9-5.

[2000cs]

Originally Posted by bucketfoot

Our current plans are to retire at the end of 2026 or maybe wait for 2027 bonuses.

Financially we are good to retire at any time, but are mainly just waiting for me to hit 65 next May and be Medicare eligible so that we only have to fully pay for medical out of pocket for one of us.

I'm pretty happy in my job and very much enjoy my paycheck, but I'm definitely ready and have to admit that I'm leaning more and more towards retiring closer to my birthday

Learn about Medicare and IRMAA costs before making the retirement decision. If you retire at 65 or older and file for Medicare, they will look at your most recent income to determine the IRMAA, and being work income you are likely to get a significant adder to pay. You can appeal this by demonstrating a change in circumstances (retirement, no more job income) but be careful about retiring one year and receiving a payout the next or similar changes - you’ll be regularly filing IRMAA appeals.

FYI it is most productive to do this at the SS office near you, not online, as of today. Hopefully that changes soon. (I filed online in Dec 24, called monthly for updates “being processed” and finally went in to the office in May, they never had it, then found it, etc. Got it straightened out and they still owe me almost $2k for IRMAA overcharges)