Retiring to vs. Retiring from
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Any retired teachers out there??? Any from California???
Comments (8)Hi, qshopper and gadgets, Guess I forgot to say that I DO fund my Roth IRA faithfully, for the full amount, annually. Thankfully, someone wiser than I set me up with a TSA person years ago. Of course, after a while, that person's quote of "they don't put teachers in jail" made me wonder just what kinds of monkey business he was doing with my money, so I got a new TSA person. I'm always telling new teachers to pay themselves first by getting a TSA. I'm still trying to get my sister to set one up, but oh, she is soooo busy! Well, now she's 48 and maybe she thinks she's gonna win the lottery, but really, that's not likely! I was wondering about dollar cost averaging and investing in no-load funds--stuff I can do myself, and wondered if anyone else had some advice about things like that...I just learning and one of my cyberpals is talking me thru it...just wondered what everyone else may know... Thanks!...See MoreFrom what did you retire?
Comments (3)Well, pilgrim you have stumped me. I love to take forum names apart and give the members my own pet name for them, but I don't want to call you pil and I don't want to call you grim or ill or rim. Maybe I'll call you 555. It sounds full of mystery and intrigue, not unlike 007. Remember him? 555, sounds to me like it's time to make some short term fun goals. Work is definitely not what it is ALL about, but it is good. ful, We joked about my nickname for you, but honestly, it does describe you in many other ways too. How great it is that you are full of joy and can laugh at yourself and enjoy the other "old farts." It is wonderful that you have things you want to see, do and learn. Please keep posting lots and tell us about those things. Remember, you have a new audience now. You can even repeat for my benefit. Are you doing community/charity work to make your community a happier place in which to live? I used to do scads, but now pretty much limit it to the church. jan...See MoreRetire from NJ to... Virginia? Pennsylvania ??
Comments (5)Anyone who is at all concerned with environmental quality (superfund sites, brownfields, etc) would not want northern Delaware. Dupont esssentially used the state as a dumping ground. Southern Delaware is less polluted but also has an alarming lack of good medical facilities (hospitals etc) which is often very important to people of retirement age. Southern Delaware (often called Lower Slower Delaware) is also the chicken-farm capital of the USA. If you are turnd off by the presence of mobile home parks you might not care for that in the region either. Also, someone from the tri-state may find the much slower way of life frustrating when it comes to repair people etc (this told to me by a former NYer who moved down there and ended up coming back). I currently live in the tri-state myself and know exactly what the OP is talking about, cost-of-living wise... but one has to look at the whole picture. In NJ and downstate NY we pay a lot in taxes but we also get many services that people in other parts of the country can only dream about. There's no such thing as a free (tax) lunch, anywhere. Lots and lots of research is needed before making a retirement decision. As someone reminded me recently, if you are only looking at the dollars and cents you may be very unhappy after you move. This post was edited by Helena2013 on Fri, Nov 21, 14 at 15:13...See MoreAlong the lines of Nycefarm’s retirement thread
Comments (10)I work in an office and I'm presently looking for a new job. The agency was scheduled to be sold but the buyer couldn't get the financing so it's back on the selling block. My job search is for a work at home position, has been since I started looking and that was way before this virus. My husband was on the road 60% of the time and that is why I wanted to work from home. I have more to take care of and being home gave me more time to do things. I've given this a great deal of thought going forward though. I chose to stick this job out for a couple of reasons that as of now I am glad I did. I am not happy in the office, it's toxic to me and I know it. The neighbor on the other side of our shared wall is a crematorium and I hear that furnace running all the time. I've shared this in the past. I won't say anymore however given the nature of the original post I will say that if my boss expects me to return there will have to be some changes to keep me safe. I haven't completed my list and they are not expectations that cannot be addressed. The one caveat is the crematorium. We can't do anything about that but I do wonder if there are additional safeguards in place should he be caring for people that had the virus. That scares me and it scares me more because I don't know enough about it yet and I'm not comfortable with what I might be told. My husband is out of work for now, he was one of the first to see work end. He is in the travel business. Yes, I've worked from home since Illinois went to shelter at home and there's been no glitches however the corporation requires agents offices to be staffed and operating 5 days a week under normal circumstances. My boss lives 5 minutes from the office but he doesn't want to be there if he doesn't have to. He is retiring and has been in that mode for quite some time now. I do think that because of the work from home experience many employers may give it a chance. It may open a door for me going forward and that would be exciting....See Moremaime
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