For the last year prior to me hanging it up plus calling it a career, I was undoubtedly sort of terrified, retirement was something that sort of existed in some sort of mysterious ether for me.
I absolutely didn’t think that I’d ever be able to just stop working.
But then came the last day that I would spend inside the zone controlled heating and A/C of those offices! And it was a nice day with lots of nice things being said plus nice feelings being shared. But the next day when I woke up, I was absolutely scared that I wasn’t going to be able to handle retirement. My fiance and I had already replaced the heating and A/C equipment on our aged condo plus sold it, so we are undoubtedly living in a rented condo while I finished out the last 6 months of my career! Once I finished inside the commercial heating and A/C of those offices, the plan was to transfer to the south. This has been something that we had been planning for at least five years prior to me retiring, we’re lucky enough to be able to have a fine little retirement home and kick back for the rest of our lives. I just wasn’t so sure that kicking back was something I could do. But now that I have traded the gas oil furnace for a heat pump in the south, I couldn’t be happier. For sure, retirement comes heavily suggested as far as I am concerned. I love living where I don’t have to deal with the high cost of heating a home and I get to be outside year round. As for working, believe it or not, I absolutely don’t miss it.