Retirement
I'm 57. There was a pensions meeting at work that I attended (on Teams) and I also had a one to one meeting with an advisor.
Been thinking about early retirement or reducing hours.... but have not really made up my mind yet, just thinking.
I suppose it depends a bit on how work goes in the next few months.
I don't mind work too much, as long as things don't get worse. Things aren't too bad. But you never know what's around the corner.
Things were better a year or so ago... though. It used to be three of us in my little department, now there's only two.... I think there ought to be three.
Three allows for better coverage when someone is off for illness or for a holiday. With just two people, there's always the feeling of inflexibility ... and I think we need a bit more backup.
There are other things about my department that are not so good .. like the reporting structure changed a while back... so I report to someone else rather than the way it was... and the way it was was better.
Other things, too.... so like I said, it's not horrible, but over the past while it's been tending that way... so hopefully it doesn't keep on this trajectory.
I really need to figure out what I want from life at this stage. Keep making money, or start doing other things until I kick the bucket. Hopefully it won't be for a long time... but in that case, I probably need to keep making money.
Big decision, actually.