Originally Posted by
rpcrowe
Congratulations to Trevor and Paul David on your well-earned retirement...
I guess that I retired three times. The first time was after 32 years in the Navy but, I began working in an addiction treatment facility the week after my retirement. I really didn't plan it that way, the job came along much faster than I expected.
My second retirement was from addiction counseling and my wife and I crunched the numbers and realized that if we increased the numbers of the Maltese dogs we were breeding and showing and with my Social Security, I would not be earning any less if I quit my job and devoted myself to the care of our dogs. We bought a different home and we were quite happy for a while.
Then we decided to forsake breeding dogs and devote ourselves full time to our dog rescue efforts. My wife retired from her job as a professor of nursing and we have been rescuing dogs ever since. Luckily, we have the financial means to be quite comfortable.
Come to think of it... I have just changed occupations and have never really retired. But, we both get a lot of satisfaction out of what we are doing and plan to continue as long as we are physically and mentally able...