Comments on: So this is retirement?

By: Revanche

Revanche — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:42:45 +0000

I surely hope there’s an end in sight for these 18 hour days! It does make sense to get it out now before the 14,100 limit is imposed next year, but good gravy it takes a lot out!

By: Shakela

Shakela — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:33:38 +0000

You need to cut back on some stuff! If you’re working 18 hour days when you’re supposed to be retired you’ve got too much on your plate. Probably best to finish the work you’ve currently got but I wouldn’t recommend taking on any more projects until you can breathe again. Yikes! Good luck with everything and kudos for working so hard, but breathe…

By: funny

funny — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:04:26 +0000

@ Abigail: Clearly I’m can’t continue like this forever. Or even more than a few months. The only way I can see to earn the permitted $14,100 without killing myself next year is to find a part-time receptionist’s or clerical job that would pay that much and not saddle me with work that has to be done after hours. The nature of teaching is that you are saddled, indeed. Writing and editing work to the same effect.

A friend of mine once remarked that freelance writing DOES allow you to set your own work hours: any 18 hours of the day you please.

By: Abigail

Abigail — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:56:22 +0000

Yeesh, I got tired just READING that day of work! By comparison, my life should have tumbleweeds rolling across it.

And now that i have a better idea of just how far Scottsdale is from 19th avenue — I mean, I know we’re not all that close to 19th and we’re still about 20 blocks away from Scottsdale ourselves — it sounds so much the worse.

I think perhaps you should concentrate on putting the “retire” back in retirement. Lest you have a mid-retirement burnout from working too much. Though it would make for a great post title…