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Part time job fail, too soon after retirement?
Jan 26 2024
After being retired about a month, I accepted a part time job that would utilize the skills I acquired during my career. People told me to wait before I made any commitments, but I didn't listen. The ...
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Should Your Job Determine How You Invest?
Jan 17 2024
When it comes to figuring out how to invest your money, there is no shortage of advice on the matter. Many financial experts recommend choosing your portfolio based on factors such as your age or your...
ofdollarsanddata.com
Quit Your Job And Move Abroad: 10 Places So Affordable You Can Live Your Dream Life
Jan 02 2024
Want to retire early or quit your job and move overseas? A new report has the most affordable places to live in 2024....
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Quit Your Job And Move Abroad: 10 Places So Affordable You Can Live Your Dream Life
Jan 02 2024
Want to retire early or quit your job and move overseas? A new report has the most affordable places to live in 2024....
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It's my anniversary from a job. It has been 60 days.
Jan 01 2024
Today is my 60 day mark being retired. I am setting up future activities. I was both an engineer and accountant. 1. Will be taking a course at my local college on writing for publication. Me and a roo...
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Bridging to retirement with Part Time work at same job
Dec 31 2023
Hey, good people of Reddit, I thought I would share here an option I stumbled upon a few months ago. After 35 years in IT and 45 or so years of solid working and with two more years to get to my retir...
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Ran into former coworkers several times this week
Dec 31 2023
Been an odd week as I keep running in to different groups of former coworkers this week. Been really nice, I've missed the people, not the job. But it was refreshing to realize I've moved on finally (...
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How To Write A Résumé That Defies Ageism And Lands Your Next Job
Dec 28 2023
Ageism puts older jobseekers at a disadvantage, but they can greatly improve their chances by talking up the advantages they offer to prospective employers...
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Applying for part time jobs after retiring from corporate career
Dec 26 2023
I’m retiring in May 2024 after 35 years working in IT, the last 25 for a Fortune 500 company. Not a manager, but have worked with many in leadership and exec positions. Anyway, I’m gladly ...
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Should I send resign or retire notice to my company
Dec 21 2023
Hello everyone, I am 59 and really burned out from my job, and don't want to work anymore. A resignation letter will work, but should I send a retire notice? I heard, unconfirmed, my company give a re...
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Melissa Etheridge: ‘There Was No Plan B’ for My Career
Dec 14 2023
The Grammy winner discusses her musical heroes, her big hit song and her unconventional voice...
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Older Wives Manage the Finances if Husbands Decline
Dec 14 2023
The consensus in the research is that women’s financial literacy is lower than men’s. Maybe women aren’t as interested in the markets, and many are too busy juggling a job with takin...
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Blue-collar Workers Say Physical Demands are Rising
Dec 12 2023
For obvious reasons, people who do physically demanding work are prone to injuring themselves on the job and are more likely than office workers to apply for federal disability benefits. But is techno...
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Inside An NBA Champion’s Journey With Shaun Livingston
Dec 08 2023
In this Financial Samurai podcast (Apple, Spotify), I have the pleasure of speaking with NBA champion Shaun Livingston. Despite sustaining a devastating injury earlier in his career, he overcame and w...
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What Is the Financial Freedom Movement?
Dec 08 2023
The post What Is the Financial Freedom Movement? appeared first on Millennial Money. This is how we are taught to live in America: You start your career and work really hard until you turn 65 and can ...
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Can annuitization be a no-lose proposition?
Dec 08 2023
Almost 71 year old retiree, career academic with all my retirement funds in TIAA. I am seriously considering annuitizing the TIAA traditional part of my money, about 30% of the total (the rest is in i...
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Please tell me how stupid it would be to quit my job
Nov 02 2023
I am 60 and single. This may sound dumb but I am just realizing what an absolute windfall my job is at this time of my life despite the fact that I have to live where I don't want to be. I really shou...
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How did retiring from a desk job affect your back/neck/arm pain?
Nov 02 2023
Hello, long time reader, first time poster in this forum! In a nutshell my questions are: Did people with a desk job see a significant change in their pain after retirement? How long did it take thing...
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How To Manage Your Income When You Have A Commission Based Job
Oct 31 2023
In the prior week’s we’ve been talking all about budgeting and managing cash flow. This is difficult enough with a fixed regular income. This week, we’re going to address those of yo...
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In-Depth Guide to Assumable Mortgages
Oct 28 2023
I’m a seasoned real estate veteran with over 20 years of experience and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). Throughout my career, I’ve always found assumable mortgages intriguing, yet the...
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Defining Your Post-Career Purpose
Oct 27 2023
Retirement is a fuzzy line these days. It seems increasingly rare for older people to cross the threshold from career worker to retiree on a single day and remain retired indefinitely. My Dad did that...
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Any words of wisdom for me? It might be time for me to retire from my current position
Oct 27 2023
It might be time to retire from my current job. I'm having trouble concentrating and learning new things, and I need to learn as my role has changed. I feel disconnected and not at all interested in w...
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Golden Handcuffs - How and When Should I Break Free?
Oct 22 2023
This is a really tough decision. I love my job and am well compensated. I love the people I work with. My work life balance is good, not great. That is mostly my doing because I get a lot of fulfillme...
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Near retirement age but would still like to advance my career
Oct 19 2023
I could conceivably retire in two years but would still like to advance my career. What are some thoughts on considering a job change this late in my career? I could coast to retirement in my current ...
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Navigating Physician Offer Letters: A Guide to Crafting Your Dream Job
Oct 13 2023
Are the dog days of summer dragging you down? Are you a physician-in-training starting to look at jobs for next ... Read more...
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The Difficulty Of Finding A Good Job After Retiring For Years
Oct 09 2023
The longer you are retired, the harder it may be to find a job if you want to go back. In this article, I'd like to share the difficulties I've faced finding employment in a new field. My situation sh...
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Post Career Employment with good benefits
Oct 07 2023
I currently have a very good, but very big job/career. My husband is older than me an already retired, so I am and have been the primary earner. Our kids are in college without student loans (either a...
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Tired of corporate dysfunction growing as I get closer to retirement
Oct 07 2023
I like my job but every day I find that dealing with corporate dysfunction is harder and harder. I dread going to work and have a really hard time engaging the way I used to. I just don't care. I'm no...
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r/retirement who am I after career and children
Oct 06 2023
Today I woke up and decided to do something that I have never done before! My daughter has been telling me about the Reddit community and encouraging me to at "least read some of the posts". Well, I d...
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Novels on finding a second career in retirement
Oct 03 2023
(Me: retired for six years) The title says it: there are thousands of how-to and financial books. There's nothing wrong with those, but I'm wondering if there is any fiction about that? There are, of ...
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Never Look Down the Road Not Taken
Sep 05 2023
I recently saw an interview of Magic Johnson where he talks about one of the most important financial choices of his career. After winning the NBA championship in 1980, Johnson was offered sponsorship...
ofdollarsanddata.com
Every Accepted Job Offer Letter on My Path to Facebook
Jun 27 2023
Now that we have reached the end of my Meta journey I wanted to rewind on how I ended up at Meta in the first place. Many of my guides begin from the perspective of a new grad joining a FAANG company ...
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Best US retirement destinations with snow
Mar 22 2023
I'm not yet retired but my job is now remote and I would like to move to a lower cost of living city. My preference is for snow and nice views. Where have you all retired to that fits this description...
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Decision Time
Mar 22 2023
Well, I think I’m finally going to pull the plug. I’m 62 1/2, and I haven’t loved my job for a long time. It’s just what I’m good at, and it pays well. But it’s tim...
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9 Essential Weapons To Reach Financial Independence
Mar 17 2023
Financial Independence is a great thing. It means you can choose to do what you want without relying on your job to support your lifestyle. Who would not want that? More and more people are trying to ...
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What are my next steps?
Mar 13 2023
I’m 60, SF, no kids and starting to seriously think about my next steps. I have a good job (85k) and benies and ~$500k in my 401k. Only have ~ $2k in savings and owe $5k on CC. Car will be pd in...
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Quit a job years ago
Mar 09 2023
At the time I did not know I could cash out my retirement just curious if anyone would know if I would still be able to now? Or would it be gone at this point? Thanks submitted by /u/AdMundane8697[vis...
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Investing Family Money Can Be A Stressful Full-Time Job
Mar 06 2023
I finally clearly understand why I haven’t been able to shake some of the stress I’ve been feeling lately. Despite writing less, doing less business deals, and exercising more, I still fee...
financialsamurai.com
Stories of Early Retirements that Almost Didn't Work Out Financially?
Mar 05 2023
Anyone retire early then find out the numbers didn't quite work? If so, how did you make it work? Did you just adjust your spending? Or did you get a part-time job or even go back full-time? Some comb...
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Deferring job income?
Mar 04 2023
Just got a contract and will be making pretty serious money for next year, maybe longer. 2-3 hundred k. 63 and looking for legal ways to defer money to retirement - that’s 1 at least years out. ...
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Movie inspiration to get excited about retirement?
Mar 03 2023
After years of dithering on both of our parts, today my husband finally pulled the plug and formally announced his retirement date (May) at his very boring bank job. He’s now freaking out about ...
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What You Need To Know To Land A Job In 2023
Mar 01 2023
With the unemployment rate near record lows, the odds favor job seekers — especially those with the right skills (but not necessarily a college degree). Here are 5 top trends....
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retire right now?
Mar 01 2023
I got a lot of stuff going on. I have kidney cancer, I am 64 and have a federal job that now has changed and I question my skills at it, I have a wife who quit her job and has retired but without draw...
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Disability Job Programs Get Mixed Reviews
Feb 28 2023
Nearly half of the people receiving federal disability benefits have a psychiatric impairment that interferes with working. And they tend to be younger and more willing to work than other disability b...
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A Dental Career Reimagined — I Thought I’d Be Rich But I Found Wealth in Another Way
Feb 27 2023
By Dr. Tyler Scott, WCI Columnist It is both incredibly surreal and profoundly humbling to be writing this article. When I began reading The White Coat Investor almost 10 years ago, I never could have...
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Exceptions to the One House, One Spouse, One Job Rule
Feb 20 2023
By Dr. James M. Dahle, WCI Founder Anyone who has been around the physician financial blogosphere has probably heard someone cite the “one house, one spouse” rule of thumb. In 2015, I expa...
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Am I crazy to be thinking about retirement? (age 63 working part time)
Feb 20 2023
My job is not terribly difficult. I work from home, my hours are flexible, I can take time off pretty much whenever i want (but I don't get paid). I don't get paid hourly, or salaried, I am paid per t...
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the word retirement
Feb 19 2023
As I am zeroing in on retirement, I'm not sure if that is the correct word. I work for the US govt and will turn 65 before the EOY. I am concerned what my job is doing to me mentally so decided to ret...
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Do I need to look for a job/the same type of job?
Feb 17 2023
I earned about 285k base plus some bonus. Spouse earns 220k all in. Am 48 years of age. 2.3 million in assets. 350k house equity, mortgage of 400k. Can I quit and still be on path to happy retirement....
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Asking about my options. I’ve been learning finances and my god, it was a kick in the back. I’m 32 My situation: I left my first job but my new job doesn’t match contribution. And I’m not allowed to c
Feb 16 2023
I can roll over the Max contribution to a Roth. Then do it again every year. 2 roll over into a money market account. My questions are: what else can I do? Could I use my Roth to invest into Treasury?...
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