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I never had any trouble retiring.
I remember noticing that my pension would be maximized soon and that if I continued along with my career I could only make the equivalent of the deposits on eighteen pop cans more, than if I retired and didn’t continue to work for a paycheck! Heck, I thought, that’s a morning at the beach with a pair of rubber gloves, half an hour with a garbage bag at a rock concert or an hour visiting my neighbors recycling contributions.
I had hobbies I wanted to pursue, newspapers to read, late night films to watch, and for once I wanted to be the one in charge of what I did each day. For thirty-eight years, like Pavlovs’ dogs, I had responded to a bell. Ring, start work, ring, stop for lunch, ring, time to go home. The choice was an easy one. It took all of thirty seconds. Read more »