re: Do any retirees “miss” work?

I've wondered about this myself. I'm retiring in 4 years (at 54) and plan to take a year-long vacation immediately. Half will probably be the CONUS in my travel trailer and the other half in SE Asia, Central/South America, and the Caribbean. If I get bored with it, I'll probably come back and go back to work. I'm a SRO and Texas is going to start putting SROs on every campus, including elementary schools. I could work an elementary SRO gig for about $70K and still be on a school schedule with the week of Thanksgiving, 2 weeks at Christmas, Spring Break, all holidays, and the entire summer off.

I don't miss the nature of my work, but I miss my spotter.

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Are you married? If so I think you will miss work.

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A guy I worked with retired several years ago... 3 months later he came back but not full time. He worked 3 days a week. He told use by week 3 he realized there was no way in hell he could stay in the house every day with his wife and had to get the frick out.

Depends on the person. I couldn't sit in my recliner doing nothing all day. Golf, travel, building and fixing things, volunteering, spending more time with family.

All of that sounds better than being tied to a 9-5 but some people get their kicks from a set work routine every day.

Nope.

Set for life.

I don’t miss that bullshite at all and can’t imagine getting to the point when I do.

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Are you married? If so I think you will miss work.

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Well… there is this.

I just go to the store a lot and have occasional get togethers with friends that are also looking for that get-away.

I retired 3+ years ago (construction) but still enjoy working and the money is crazy. Now I work a few days a month and never past noon. It's fun, keeps me in decent shape and leaves plenty of time for hobbies.

Nothing hurts, so I feel fortunate.

Not a bit. When I first retired I missed the people I worked with, but that only lasts a little while and I found other things to occupy my time and mind.

I've been a woodworker for many years and got into some projects for the house that I had been putting off and even took on some special projects for folks that couldn't find what they wanted in stores to fit in that odd place in their house.

I also expanded my back yard "Victory Garden" to about 1000 sq. ft. , got into canning a lot of the vegetables I grow then got into making my own sausages, bacon and smoked meats and fish.

I've always loved to cook and my wife still works, so I do about 90% of the cooking, and that works out fine for both of us.

No, you likely won't miss work very much. My brother-in-law just retired a few months ago and he's still kind of lost with all the free time on his hands but seems to be adjusting to it and you will too.

My job is less than 1% of who I am. I can’t imagine a different situation for anyone.

My sister is a teacher. She taught 20 or whatever years in one state to gain her pension.

She then moved to another state that only requires 10 years of teaching for an Additional pension.

Two pensions on top of Social Security should treat her well.

(But teachers don’t get paid enough)