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Ok.. Not quite 50 but still.. Mortgage finished.. Some savings.. kids all gone.. I get the strange feeling that life's pretty much done n dusted.
So what now??
CRISIS?
Sports car, soft top, massive bonnet?
trophy wife, couple more kids?
Misread pie monsters comment but bonnet made less sense
CRISIS?
heheh already got the younger wife n soft top (hers)..
Genuine question though.. After reading the mortgage free thread it just got me thinking. My parents generation seemed to spend their whole adult life creating/providing the family home. Yet looking at a large percentage of respondents in the other thread, we seem to be getting our financial freedom, escape of commitments earlier in life than they did. Some of it seems due to kids having to move away from the family for work/uni etc where in the past more would have stayed local, but still...
Retire asap and enjoy it.
I get the strange feeling that life's pretty much done n dusted.
That's a shame .
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Gardening, golf, incontinence?
[quote=elzorillo ]I get the strange feeling that life's pretty much done n dusted.
Jeez. I'm 54 next month and I'm not giving up yet!
More seriously, how flexible is worth. How much financial freedom do you have?
Something like an Annapurna trek, friend of mine flew out for one of these last Friday. Stacks of stuff to do, get some racks on your bike and head off to NW Scotland next Spring. Mountaineering in the Alps, my list would be almost endless.
Maybe I'm missing something, but all around you on this quaint little island there are hills and even small mountains. Go further afield and you can find even bigger mountains. Lots of them. Some of them much, much bigger. I'm assuming you already have the bike...
Whisky + Scotland + Bothy?
Enjoy it before you're too knackered (or dead) to enjoy it!
Jeez. I'm 54 next month and I'm not giving up yet!
🙂 I'm not giving up.. I just feel the loss of responsibility a bit unnerving after having it hanging over me my whole adult life and wondered how others coped.
It's something people strive for their whole lives but feels a little daunting and come around a bit too soon.
No kids?
I had the same feeling, didn't last long 🙄
Now got 5 grand kids 😆
Bank of Mum'n Dad will close in 4yrs time 🙄
lucky bar steward
Camper, Europe, every road up every hill covered?
Alternatives welcomed.
elzorillo
Just gone 53, new mortgage starts next week with most of savings gone on a deposit.
Not complaining though. I still have the sports car, motorbike, several mtb/road bikes, can't wait for ski/snowboard hols and last but not least, a GF who is quite a bit younger than me who loves mtb.
In your position you can fill your boots and do all those things you wanted to but didn't have the time/money/inclination for. If nothing springs to mind, you need to look harder or resign yourself to growing old and bored 😉
Surely the answer is to buy another bike?
Bank of Mum'n Dad will close in 4yrs time
Building Society of Mum'n Dad will open in 5yrs time 😉
Surely the answer is to buy another bike?
This, but not a pedal cycle, a big gay cruiser. A Harley would be the obvious choice but I'd look at something big and British like a Rocket 3.
elzorillo - I'm 50 at the end of the week. Mortgage paid off due to passing of parents 🙁 feel the same way as you though - kinda strange
A new life has just begun ...
I'm in a very similar situation and I am very excited. How about making a list of 50 things to do to celebrate the milestone (idea nicked off Carol Voerderman but it's working for me and a couple of mates who share the milestone in 2013). We're climbing Snowdwon on Saturday FYI, Sacfell Pike done in Sep, Ben Nevis in Nov if we can.
If you are missing the kids perhaps you can get divorced and start a new family with a younger model ? 😕
about 2 months away from the same.
kids still at school so still at home; for the moment.
40 I found easy enough to cope with but yes, having bit of a crisis of confidence for the 5-0. Bit less work than is good doesn't help..
I'm 41, no kids and there just aren't enough holidays to do everything I want to. If I had enough money I'd buy a camper van and spend the rest of my life driving round Europe / USA / everywhere photographing / riding all the amazing places there are....
How about giving something to help others - either volunteering or financially (or both). There's many, many projects in need of support - for example my disabled brother is helped by volunteer tandem 'pilots' and they have a complete laugh whilst doing it.
It means you can give as much or as little time or money as you want, but most of all you'll make a real difference to someone's life 🙂
Sue.. you got me thinking... 😀
[i]Ok.. Not quite 50 but still.. Mortgage finished.. Some savings.. kids all gone.. I get the strange feeling that life's pretty much done n dusted.[/i]
I was 50 last year and it also coincided with business going downhill, which didn't make me feel any better.
Now...well I'm still trying to come to terms with it to be honest! 🙁
I just feel the loss of responsibility a bit unnerving after having it hanging over me my whole adult life and wondered how others coped
Slightly different overall scenario for me but I found myself in a similar position of no responsibility and a reasonable financial position.
I took a year off work, bought a bongo and went travelling round France. Its not about coping, its about enjoying the freedom.
footflapps,whod finish your shed then? but id pretty much do the same if the funds allowed...
Sue_W - Member
How about giving something to help others - either volunteering
I am nearer 60 than 50 and current volunteer/ hobby is Bikeability cycle training in local schools. Have also helped set up a Go-Ride club, trained as a swimming teacher and helped run kids school club, helper at special needs swimming sessions and helped set up special needs club many years ago with a workmates and his wife who both suffered from polio when they were younger.
If redundancy comes before retirement I may pick up some of these hobbies and turn them into money makers 💡