5- Retirement eligible on tax day 4/15/21 . 62 and not sure what I want to do . Always thought I would get the heck out of dodge the minute I could but now that it's almost here , I'm not sure about it anymore . I do have lots of oppurtunities on the spit , but just don't know .I don't dislike my job or the $$$$ , just the shift , and that may change with the new HMFIC .
If you like the job and the $, but you can afford to either retire or cut your hours, I would talk to your new boss and tell him you're thinking of retiring. Tell him you like your job except for the hours. If he can't fix the hours, retire. Beware, managements standard answer is to try and fix your salary to the point where you tollerate the hours, not the other way round. As a young man, the extra $$ could manke up for the unpleasant hours, but now, being home with family is more important to me. I'm a bit younger than you, but I'm starting to realize life is getting shorter, and I don't have to do the stuff I don't enjoy.
As for me,
Personal projects
1) finish perimeter fencing for sheep
2) welcome the new lambs in spring (and all the chores that go with it)
3) Get the shop started in April, hopefully done in May. (seems optimistic based on the shop threads here, but that's what the builder says and "hope springs eturnal...")
4) Finally buy a lathe and Mill (maybe I shoud list picking exactly which one before this...)
5) Start learning how to use them...
Work
1) welcome the new guy in February
2) Take some leave to go see my parents as soon as he is settled and I can get my family vaccinated.
