<!--quoteo(post=371065:date=Jun 14 2009, 11&#58;45 AM:name=Peddler)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Peddler &#064; Jun 14 2009, 11&#58;45 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=371065">&lt;strong&gt;QUOTE BELOW&lt;/strong&gt;</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--sizeo:4--><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><i><!--fonto:Comic Sans MS--><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS"><!--/fonto-->Retirement is a huge adjustment in lifestyle as well as income...it is also what you make of it. I have been retired for 7 months and don&#39;t really know if I could re-enter the corporate job market. I have tried to stay busy with several projects and am retraining myself for a totally different lifetyle than the hectic 10 hour days on several phones and with people in your face all day job that I had for 46 years. I really enjoy being the house man...doing the domestic thing, grocery shopping and still have plenty of time for other projects (TV isn&#39;t on all day). I won&#39;t say that every now and then things get slow and boring, but it&#39;s then when I try to find other constructive projects to work on. Monitarily retirement sucks, but again one learns how to adjust. I just try to remember how it was when I first got married with nothing and tried to raise a family on a salary that was just above the poverty level. <br /><br />Have a good day<br />Jim<!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc--></i><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />I agree about retirement&#33; I taught and was an administrator in the school system for 31 years. When I retired I knew I would have to do something else. My wife is 22 years younger than myself, so we have a very active lifestyle (and cruise alot and other travel) so I went to work for a friend managing a well known entertainment venue here know as Gilly&#39;s Pub 44. The 3 am closing nights wee too much so after three years I went back to the school system for one year then retired again. I knocked around for a while doing retail jobs and was a securities carrier for a bank. Then I went into real estate and love it.<br />Got to pay for the vacations you know&#33;