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Posted on 8/3/26 at 3:06 pm
Posted on 8/3/26 at 3:06 pm
I am thinking about retiring from my present role. But I have had a job since I was 12, and I want to do something part-time in retirement. I don't mean volunteer work. I mean a real job where someone is expecting you to show up.
Any of y'all thought about that?
Any of y'all thought about that?
Posted on 8/3/26 at 3:16 pm to RanchoLaPuerto
I may do some consulting or something but being required to show up somewhere AFTER I retire?
Not on your life. Why retire?
Not on your life. Why retire?
Posted on 8/3/26 at 3:25 pm to eitek1
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Why retire?
Less stress. Call it a career change.
Posted on 8/3/26 at 3:26 pm to RanchoLaPuerto
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I mean a real job where someone is expecting you to show up.
Male escorts have schedules bro.
Posted on 8/3/26 at 3:29 pm to RanchoLaPuerto
I am not retired but I got a second job coaching high school sports. Did it the first year totally free and then moved into a "paying" role the second year but the pay is very VERY minimal; I just enjoy the hell out of it.
Posted on 8/3/26 at 3:36 pm to RanchoLaPuerto
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want to do something part-time in retirement
I'm quite a ways from retiring, but can tell you with 100% certainty this won't be my case.
Posted on 8/3/26 at 4:28 pm to DustyDinkleman
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Male escorts have schedules bro.
Apparently my Johnson is too big for that job.
Posted on 8/3/26 at 4:34 pm to RanchoLaPuerto
Driver for A.S.A.P. or something like that. You’re responsible for you and only you. Spend your whole day driving around to different businesses picking stuff up and dropping stuff off.
I see the same drivers in our hospitals all the time…seems pretty low stress.
I see the same drivers in our hospitals all the time…seems pretty low stress.
This post was edited on 8/3/26 at 4:36 pm
Posted on 8/3/26 at 5:13 pm to RanchoLaPuerto
I’m retired now 6months.
Never thought of that. Not planning to think of that.
If not retired, my best option was the job I retired from. Or retired.
No grey for me.
Never thought of that. Not planning to think of that.
If not retired, my best option was the job I retired from. Or retired.
No grey for me.
Posted on 8/3/26 at 5:38 pm to RanchoLaPuerto
it would be helpful if we knew something about your skillset and your past career.
Also how much will you depend on the money you make i.e. do you need the money or just want to augment your income?
Do you want to work a 40 hour week or just 20 to 30 hours?
How much responsibility do you want or do you just want a job where someone else has the weight on their shoulders?
Also how much will you depend on the money you make i.e. do you need the money or just want to augment your income?
Do you want to work a 40 hour week or just 20 to 30 hours?
How much responsibility do you want or do you just want a job where someone else has the weight on their shoulders?
Posted on 8/3/26 at 5:39 pm to RanchoLaPuerto
Honestly, how could you go wrong with being an electrician? I've been doing Cyber Security for more than 20 years, and wished I would have just learned the business, and then run trucks and gotten rich.
At Wharton Junior College, you can get certified in HVAC/Electrical for $4k in about a year or so. A single MBA class costs me more than that.
I'm not sure where you live, but I was just at Canyon Lake in TX this weekend. You can be as part time as you want around places like that, doing tree trimming, pest control (frick scorpions, killed three in one afternoon in the house), electrical or engine work for ZTR mowers, all kinds of stuff. When you schedule when you work, your life gets much better.
At Wharton Junior College, you can get certified in HVAC/Electrical for $4k in about a year or so. A single MBA class costs me more than that.
I'm not sure where you live, but I was just at Canyon Lake in TX this weekend. You can be as part time as you want around places like that, doing tree trimming, pest control (frick scorpions, killed three in one afternoon in the house), electrical or engine work for ZTR mowers, all kinds of stuff. When you schedule when you work, your life gets much better.
Posted on 8/3/26 at 5:41 pm to RanchoLaPuerto
quote:Move to The Villages and do house calls as “Doctor Love”.
I mean a real job where someone is expecting you to show up.
Posted on 8/3/26 at 5:41 pm to RanchoLaPuerto
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Any of y'all thought about that?
Yeah. I think about quitting and working part time quite often. But the bills keep coming
Posted on 8/3/26 at 6:01 pm to RanchoLaPuerto
Barbering.
Posted on 8/3/26 at 6:06 pm to RanchoLaPuerto
Posted on 8/3/26 at 7:14 pm to 756
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would be helpful if we knew something about your skillset and your past career.
Highly skilled, highly compensated. But stressful.
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Also how much will you depend on the money you make
None. Don’t need an income.
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Do you want to work a 40 hour week or just 20 to 30 hours?
20.
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How much responsibility do you want or do you just want a job where someone else has the weight on their shoulders?
I don’t mind responsibility I can leave behind when I go home. That has not been true for nearly 40 years.
Posted on 8/3/26 at 7:26 pm to bootlegger
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I'm quite a ways from retiring, but can tell you with 100% certainty this won't be my case.
I’m retiring way too early. I’ll get a government pension. I’m planning on drawing 2 paychecks checks as long as I can. There are many reasons people retire from 1 job early. Former military, law enforcement, fireman, government officials, etc. have early retirement.
This post was edited on 8/3/26 at 7:28 pm
Posted on 8/3/26 at 7:30 pm to Sofaking2
Always looking for good people to come work for me. I mean the OT is good people right?
Posted on 8/3/26 at 7:31 pm to RanchoLaPuerto
Sunday starter at Golf Course
Posted on 8/3/26 at 7:31 pm to RanchoLaPuerto
I worked for Enterprise many years ago after college. There was always a group of retired guys that were drivers. They’d be taking people to and from a body shop or moving cars from one branch to another as needed. Seemed pretty chill since you have minimal responsibility overall but just enough to make it interesting.
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