Nice to see a colleague, cross the finishing line...

[opticron1]

Having retired after 35 odd years in the NHS and plenty of unusual jobs before that..... I had to retire for health reasons, but would still be there today if it wasn't for that.
However, I now find myself in the happy place where you sit back at the end of the day and think - how did I manage to squeeze work in to all this?
No longer have rubbish shifts, can eat proper food at normal times, sleep better and have significantly less stress (from work related matters) , plenty more good stuff planned and just enjoy a different lifestyle!

 

[Ratel]

Been so called retired for a long while now, but still scrobbling about keeping the deer and other pests in order on an estate. I can no longer do any of the heavy stuff.but have a couple of younger lads that can. It's nice to see improvements in the Game and songbird.populations. Won't last for too much longer but it's been a good run.

 

[old keeper]

Due to fortuitous circumstances, I retired at fifty. That was thirty-seven years ago. Despite having a brush with prostate cancer I still go foxing five or six nights a week. I'm in a small pheasant shoot and do the vermin control in the village.

I've lived the past thirty-odd years on my own and have loved every minute of it. I count myself as one of the extremely lucky ones.

 

[Rake Aboot]

Work to live. Don’t live to work

I retired last year at 55 and haven’t had a boring day since.

I cannot recommend it highly enough. Making day to day life your own decision is awesome

 

[Wapinschaw]

I retired progressively, down to four days for three months, three days for three months and parted company with that phase of my life nearly 10 years ago. I have never been bored, don't watch daytime TV (or much evening TV come to that). Several people told me I would wonder how I found time to go to work for all those years, I was sceptical but they were correct.

It's the best job I have ever had, pay not that great compared to the oil & gas business that was my last job but the hours are excellent.