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Well done mate! Good luck with whatever you decide to do next.
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Congrats Richard!!

I suspect that you will find retirement quite enjoyable. You will quickly find plenty to keep you busy and productive and wonder how you ever had time for work.

Since my retirement, I am busier than ever and enjoying it immensely.
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Congratulations on what must have been a well thought out, and therefore no doubt the correct decision. Good luck for whatever you do next.
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When viewing your various watch wearing posts I thought on many occasions "My goodness, what job does he have, travelling around so much" and I wasn't in any way envious of you.

So it looks like it finally got to a point where you considered it best not to do it anymore. A strong decision, no doubt well thought out. I decided last year not to work anymore and I've totally enjoyed myself since.

Best wishes in whatever you do.
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Congratulations Richard Family first if funds allow why not :thumbup:
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Mikkei4 wrote:When viewing your various watch wearing posts I thought on many occasions "My goodness, what job does he have, travelling around so much" and I wasn't in any way envious of you.

So it looks like it finally got to a point where you considered it best not to do it anymore. A strong decision, no doubt well thought out. I decided last year not to work anymore and I've totally enjoyed myself since.

Best wishes in whatever you do.
Indeed, travelling for work is rarely glamorous. In January I will have three weekly commutes to Germany and a week in the US. This means losing free time on Sunday and virtually every weekday evening. The salary is nice but when calculated as an hourly rate, the story is different.

Time for a change.
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Congratulations Richard - a good call! :thumbup:

Deciding to call it quits, in your mid fifties, on your own terms, at a time of your own choosing is very liberating - I very much doubt you will regret it! :D

Far too many hang on trying to play the corporate game, until the bitter end.

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downer wrote:Indeed, travelling for work is rarely glamorous. In January I will have three weekly commutes to Germany and a week in the US. This means losing free time on Sunday and virtually every weekday evening. The salary is nice but when calculated as an hourly rate, the story is different.

Time for a change.
i enjoy traveling for work, but not constantly the way you do and many people at my company do. i follow a few executives on instagram purely so i know where they are that day so i can track them down. it looks way better in instagram than it is in reality, tho. give me those 4-5 trips a year and i'm good. only negative for me is i rarely get more than a week's notice before i travel. even internationally. it's usually more like, "hey, can you be in chicago on thursday?"
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As someone who has had a divorce through never being at home due to work, I say congratulations! I didn't read the signs too well and by the time I decided enough was enough it was too late. I hope everything works out and you enjoy whatever chapter you decide to start writing next.
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Best of luck Richard.. almost at the point of making a similar decision myself ... managing projects in multiple international locations is nowhere near as glamorous as people think it is !

I'm very sure you will never regret your decision and hope all goes well for you . I look forward to hearing how you find it !

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No doubt you have worked long and hard to now be in the enviable position of being master of your own destiny. What adventures await! Congratulations :thumbup:
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Thanks for the good wishes guys - I appreciate it.
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Far too many hang on trying to play the corporate game, until the bitter end.

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As I have got a bit older and (to an extent) started to look at corporate life from the outside-in, I can only agree with you.
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be alert for what's coming towards you next - something might hit you completely from out of left field - be prepared for anything to happen next 8)
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Best of luck with things.

I've quit one decent career in the past for six months of unemployment and little spare cash, so i could retrain and start again in a different field. Despite the ups and downs of the last two decades, i've got to do and see some amazing things and have a job some people would consider selling a non vital organ to do- but the 'glamour of showbiz' :roll: wears thin after several years of being dragged out of a warm bed at 4.30am for a 12hr shift and its just not fun anymore, so maybe another side step and a new challenge beckons (once my employers have funded some of the training i need- well they do keep hassling me to spend the training budget :lol: ). Work takes up a lot of your life, so if if you can afford not to do something you don't enjoy, why waste the time on it?

My Dad retired about five years ago and is always busy with something (bowls, badminton, gardening, walking, annoying my Mom :D ). I'm sure you'll find more than enough to fill your time should you wish to hang up the work boots :thumbup:
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I would be very surprised if this is not a very considered move. Best of luck.
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