So.. today it occurred to me that yesterday changed everything.. ..At 30 years i am now eligible to retire from IBM.. ..it’s not that I’m going to retire.. it’s just the knowledge that I can retire. Financially, I think I’ll have to be working into my 80’s .. but there’s something wonderful about knowing I can chose not to go into work and still collect a pension since I’m on IBM’s ‘old plan’ .. Not enough to live on.. but still the combination of that and some sort of job.. say teaching.. would probably allow us to make ends meet.. To me that means that I’m on ‘hobby time’ .. .. what I mean by that is like a hobby.. I’ll do it because I lie doing it.. not because I have to.. I don’t expect that will actually change my plans to keep doing what I’m doing.. but the knowledge that I could is really fun to consider.. I guess.. it also puts more responsibility on me in managing my own satisfaction. if I don’t like it.. nothing is keeping me there.. I’ll take that.. or as spider man said.. with great apathy comes great responsibility..
OK.. I gotta go contemplate the futre..
nite all, nite sam
-me
Congratulations to 30 years with IBM!
John……..It’s very freeing once you hit 30 years. Going to work becomes a choice that you can make each day. I’m still making that choice 8+ years later. It does give me a great perspective on what I’m doing and keeps me happier I think.