Thread: Getting back to living off the land.....

Greetings to You Bumblefoot, Coote, Dicko, Johnd and Others.
Recent posts on moving to self sufficiency in adversity and transitioning to retirement have struck a chord with me. I thought I should share some of my experiences of working toward retirement for what they may be worth. I've always tended to over think things and as a result have a tendency toward anxiety. Not far short of my 60th birthday I realized that retiring cold turkey on my 65th or any other birthday for that matter was not the best option for me. We had previously bought a small block (8 hectares) in 1992 and moved onto it about 8 years later. There was still much to do and to my mind trading some more days off now for a few worked after my 65th birthday seemed like a good deal. My job as a Property Asset Management Planner for the local Council had no public contact and only long term objectives so after a bit of dithering by my employer I went to a four day week (32 hours) late in 2009 and a 3 day week (24 hours) in about 2013. I retired in 2015 not long after my 66th birthday but continued doing casual property field data collection until 2018 when I finally pulled the pin. I was lucky to have been able to make the transition in this way as it has worked for me. My dearly beloved on the other hand retired cold turkey on her 65th birthday and never looked back. Your needs may be somewhere in the middle.
Regards Grandpamac.