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Anonymous wrote:I am almost 62 and ready to retire from my federal job after 29 years. I’ve had enough.

Question: Do you work part-time in your retirement and if so, what do you do? Do you work in your field or in something completely different? How long did you take a break , if any, before you found another paying job?

Inquiring minds what to know.

If you need to be bringing money in, I’d keep working in your fed job.

I recently retired at 50 from the feds and I make the same amount of money working as a contractor 3 days/week as I did working full time. My spare time has obviously doubled and it has been great, no regrets whatsoever. I'll probably fully retire in a couple of years.

Can I ask what field - in general? And do you have a clearance? This sounds ideal.

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend with a Phd who works for government and is going back to school to get a MLS to become a children's librarian as her retirement gig--it's completely unrelated to her current position. Everything I read says it's good for cognition to keep doing some kind of work (paid or volunteer). I like the idea of working as a gym front desk for the free membership.

Saw on another thread that it is very hard to get a children’s librarian gig so best of luck to er

EEO Investigations - scale up or down and work from home. Contractors tend to love retired feds

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am almost 62 and ready to retire from my federal job after 29 years. I’ve had enough.

Question: Do you work part-time in your retirement and if so, what do you do? Do you work in your field or in something completely different? How long did you take a break , if any, before you found another paying job?

Inquiring minds what to know.

If you need to be bringing money in, I’d keep working in your fed job.

Agree! Hold your nose + stay 3 more years.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am almost 62 and ready to retire from my federal job after 29 years. I’ve had enough.

Question: Do you work part-time in your retirement and if so, what do you do? Do you work in your field or in something completely different? How long did you take a break , if any, before you found another paying job?

Inquiring minds what to know.

If you need to be bringing money in, I’d keep working in your fed job.

I recently retired at 50 from the feds and I make the same amount of money working as a contractor 3 days/week as I did working full time. My spare time has obviously doubled and it has been great, no regrets whatsoever. I'll probably fully retire in a couple of years.

please tell us what your field is?

Federal law enforcement. My part time gig is a stress free security job that basically involves walking around, greeting people, checking on stuff, etc.

Working for the feds can kill your soul. And working anywhere for 20 years is just too long IMO. I couldn't believe how the culture and just everything was different once I switched to the private sector. People act like human beings and not robots, which was shocking! It's also refreshing to get away from people in LE and national security who take themselves too seriously. I think OP will be very happy, especially if he/she finds something that aligns with his/her interests.

Anonymous wrote:I am almost 62 and ready to retire from my federal job after 29 years. I’ve had enough.

Question: Do you work part-time in your retirement and if so, what do you do? Do you work in your field or in something completely different? How long did you take a break , if any, before you found another paying job?

Inquiring minds what to know.

My father retired as a physician. He spent two afternoons with one volunteer organization, two afternoons with another, and one afternoon doing yardwork, and working out each morning.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am almost 62 and ready to retire from my federal job after 29 years. I’ve had enough.

Question: Do you work part-time in your retirement and if so, what do you do? Do you work in your field or in something completely different? How long did you take a break , if any, before you found another paying job?

Inquiring minds what to know.

If you need to be bringing money in, I’d keep working in your fed job.

I recently retired at 50 from the feds and I make the same amount of money working as a contractor 3 days/week as I did working full time. My spare time has obviously doubled and it has been great, no regrets whatsoever. I'll probably fully retire in a couple of years.

please tell us what your field is?

Anonymous wrote:People working at Trader Joe’s always seem so happy!

I was just thinking about posting this! I've always thought it would be interesting to be a cashier there. I don't know why but I'm fascinated with what people buy for groceries.

People working at Trader Joe’s always seem so happy!

My father sold his business and retired ten years ago then retired south with my mom. He picked up a part-time retail job in a tennis shop to fill in some hours when he isn't playing tennis. It's his passion and hobby so he loves talking to people about tennis, selling gear to tennis aficionados and beginners alike. He's a highly educated former businessman and they tried for a long time to get him to take on a manager role and he refused. This isn't for the money and he didn't want the stress since then it wouldn't be fun.

He works 10 or 15hrs per week, and when he and my mom want to travel he notes on the schedule that he isn't available to work.

DH and I both talk about what our retirement jobs will be, either volunteer or paid.

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Anonymous wrote:I am almost 62 and ready to retire from my federal job after 29 years. I’ve had enough.

Question: Do you work part-time in your retirement and if so, what do you do? Do you work in your field or in something completely different? How long did you take a break , if any, before you found another paying job?

Inquiring minds what to know.

If you need to be bringing money in, I’d keep working in your fed job.

NP here. DH is retiring at 52 with 70% of his income as pension. It really doesn’t make sense for him to continue working his high stress job full time for that extra 30%.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am almost 62 and ready to retire from my federal job after 29 years. I’ve had enough.

Question: Do you work part-time in your retirement and if so, what do you do? Do you work in your field or in something completely different? How long did you take a break , if any, before you found another paying job?

Inquiring minds what to know.

If you need to be bringing money in, I’d keep working in your fed job.

I recently retired at 50 from the feds and I make the same amount of money working as a contractor 3 days/week as I did working full time. My spare time has obviously doubled and it has been great, no regrets whatsoever. I'll probably fully retire in a couple of years.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love this topic! i will retire in about 5 years. I have a law degree that I have not used, but am looking into the possibility of getting into mediation, first as a volunteer and then works towards getting paid. I also want to get an executive coaching certification. I don't need full-time work/my same income and I do not want to be tied to going into an office anymore.

So legal mediators generally have to have knowledge of the law….the best and most sought after private mediators are generally retired judges. There is no chance most people would agree to have someone that never practiced law mediate their case.

I have practiced and I clerked for an appellate court. I have a valid law license. I am not talking about mediating Coke vs. Pepsi type litigation. It's a retirement job. It can be small potatoes stuff.

You literally said you have a law degree you have not used, so I’m not exactly sure how you practiced. A clerkship from decades ago means nothing if you haven’t used your law degree since then. I’ve used mediators before and they are only worth the time and expense when they have experience, if not expertise, in the legal area at issue.

Thanks for your input. I am sure that your opinion and continued fixation on this represents the entire legal community at large across the country.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love this topic! i will retire in about 5 years. I have a law degree that I have not used, but am looking into the possibility of getting into mediation, first as a volunteer and then works towards getting paid. I also want to get an executive coaching certification. I don't need full-time work/my same income and I do not want to be tied to going into an office anymore.

So legal mediators generally have to have knowledge of the law….the best and most sought after private mediators are generally retired judges. There is no chance most people would agree to have someone that never practiced law mediate their case.

I have practiced and I clerked for an appellate court. I have a valid law license. I am not talking about mediating Coke vs. Pepsi type litigation. It's a retirement job. It can be small potatoes stuff.

You literally said you have a law degree you have not used, so I’m not exactly sure how you practiced. A clerkship from decades ago means nothing if you haven’t used your law degree since then. I’ve used mediators before and they are only worth the time and expense when they have experience, if not expertise, in the legal area at issue.

Anonymous wrote:I am almost 62 and ready to retire from my federal job after 29 years. I’ve had enough.

Question: Do you work part-time in your retirement and if so, what do you do? Do you work in your field or in something completely different? How long did you take a break , if any, before you found another paying job?

Inquiring minds what to know.

If you need to be bringing money in, I’d keep working in your fed job.