Retired but still no time to cast, reload, and shoot

[Maineboy]

I've been retired since July 1st but have been as busy as ever. I had planned to have a lot more free time but so far, it hasn't worked out. Maybe this fall...

[Ed Barrett]

Got make time for the important things, like range time.

[jcwit]

Learned a long time ago to MAKE time to do the things one enjoys. You never know what the future holds.

[oneokie]

When you come up with a plan that gives a retiree plenty of free time, patent or copyright it.

[WILCO]

When you come up with a plan that gives a retiree plenty of free time, patent or copyright it.

That'll be a best seller!

[bobby65]

What Ed said you have to make time. my dad always seamed like he was doing more after he retired than when he was working. Was a good thing and keep him going for a long time

[aspangler]

Welcome to the club! I've been retired since June 1 and still can't seem to catch up. I do reload and shoot though. I MAKE time to do that.

[Iron Whittler]

Makes you wonder how you worked a full time job and got anything else done. Now , there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to do your fun things. I am retired to, so I know where you're coming from. Sometimes you have to make the honey do things take a number and wait while you have fun and play with your " Big Boy's Toys ". You earned it. Iron Whittler

[Nicholas]

Getting older seems to eat up a lot more of my time than it used to. I am not in any rush to stop that, though. Just do what one can and be thankful.

[Larry Gibson]

Since I retired I'm constantly amazed at how I ever had time to work!

Larry Gibson

[kfarm]

Retirement is the best job I ever had. If I had known then what I know now I'd have just skipped working altogether and just retire.

[mold maker]

Been retired for over 6 years, and every year I have less time for fun. Between the Drs getting all that medicare will give, and eye and tooth care that never ends, and it's possible, I'm slowing down, I'm further behind than when I worked.
I spent 40+ years working overtime most of the time, and always found time for fun. Now I have 45-60 more hrs a week, and it's gone before I see it.

[skeettx]

Here is what has helped me
I use the Yahoo calendar to schedule my activities and YES
I schedule shooting, casting, reloading, fishing and other
activities in addition to busy stuff

[gray wolf]

Only one way to make it work!!!
You have GOT to cut the time out for yourself.
No one else is going to do it for you.

When I worked I had time and some jingle in my pocket, + I felt pretty good

Now that I don't work I feel like Crappp, have no time and am broke constantly.

So if some one comes up with the answer, I would love to read about it.

[montana_charlie]

So if some one comes up with the answer, I would love to read about it.

The answer is that, while you have the jingle, you have to do two things:
Put enough of it away to provide you with a useful income after you stop punching the time clock.
And, pay off all of your major bills before you retire.

There is no other answer for the average person, and no chance to go back and do it once you quit.

CM

[dtknowles]

[QUOTE=oneokie;2912454]When you come up with a plan that gives a retiree plenty of free time, patent or copyright it.[/QUOTE}

Skip bathing, house cleaning, just do the fun stuff. You are not going to work so no need for hygiene. It is ok to smell like flux. I once was asked what colone I was wearing and I said I was not wearing any but when I got back to the car I could tell I smelled like Pine from fluxing my pot

I think I am about to be retired again, the project I was working on just got replanned and I don't think my skills fit the new plan. I have a different project I could get on but I don't like that project's type of work. When I was last retired I went back to work because I had too much spare time. The range is only open on weekends and I like making $100 an hour, you can buy a lot of factory ammo at that rate.

To kill time I could reload really really slowly.

Tim

[facetious]

I have five more years to go before I can retire. I have just about wore out my old calculator trying to work it all out so I can call it quits at 62 ish. I swear the more I read about it the more confusing it gets. All the ways you can take your SS, IRA's and pensions to get the most out of them seams endless but I think I should be able to pull it off before 63.

The one thing that just about drives me nuts is some of the guys that I work with that have more than enough to quite but plan to keep working well past 65 because " thy say that thy non't know what else thy would do." I told the wife that if she ever hears me say that just shoot me. Non't even have to wake me up just shoot me in bed and put me out of my misery!

One more thing that gets me to no end are the ones that don't even try to plan. one guy I work with about the same age as me told me that first you have to retire then you can worry about it!

My wife put it quite well when telling her kid that he needed to start thinking a little farther down the road (he just turned 40) and he told her that the future will take care of it's self. She told him he was right it will take care of it's self but it never said any thing about taking care of you.

Growing up my dad all ways said "that if you are not thinking ten years a head that you are all ready ten years behind."

[daengmei]

I also have 5 to go and will stop at 62...the body just won't last long enough to have some fun if I don't.

[schutzen]

I have been retired 7 years and I am constantly amazed that I ever had time to work. The good thing is I do get in more shooting time. My goal for 2014-15 is to reduce my "part-time" farming and concentrate more on casting and reloading.

[shooter93]

For me at least...I'm past retirement age but I hope I'm still able to do my work at age 100.