My retirement hasn't turned out quite the way I expected.
The company I worked for didn't survive the lock down we went through over here, so I decided to retire early. As a favour to my former boss I agreed to continue repairing security equipment for a long time customer as a bit of a hobby. I inherited some of the test equipment and tools so that I could work from home.
At first it was fine, less than a day of work per week and a bit of extra cash. Then a friend of my customer sent me a few things to repair, and then a friend of his, and another friend, and so on. Nowadays I normally have a full week of work, plus I had to open company to keep the documentation and taxes in order. I ended up buying all the spares stock from the old company too.
I had planned to go fishing, shooting and generally hooning around on my bike, but that didn't really happen. Just last week I went to Macaé to redo my certifications for offshore work, later this month I'm off to an oil platform to sort out a problem there.
On the positive side I get to keep all the profits, on the negative side I am working more now than when I was an employee.
I do still take the odd day off now and again, and I must admit I quite enjoy what I'm doing. My partner doesn't retire for another 18 months, so we are still limited by her job in what we can do together. Perhaps I will really retire when she does.
TTFN
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