I think I'm in a very good place to keep working. The work I do is something I love, and it's a dynamic field with lots of new things and growth. Nothing is ever perfect (like, I really want to bop one of my cow orkers) but in general this new company is much better. I had a 1:1 with my direct boss earlier this week that turned into a heart-to-heart and he shared some of the vision of where we might go and I'm on board with that.
I have kids in college and about to enter, so continuing to have a high salary makes that much easier. At the earliest I'd be looking at retirement options in about 7-8 years. That's not too far off my planned "earliest" path that I had sketched out when I was about 35. Assuming my health continues to be good I expect that I'd like to continue full-time work until age 70 or so.
After that... I dunno. A lot depends on whether the kids have families and there are grandkids. If they are, I'll be around for them. If not, I might retire and travel. More likely I'd semi-retire and teach courses as an adjunct someplace. I'd like to see more young people get into this field and I recently had an experience teaching a group at my workplace that was very validating and invigorating.
I'm super-privileged to work in a field that doesn't tax my body so it's quite feasible that I could keep going as long as medical science keeps me in acceptable shape. Maybe the world will change so some of these things are no longer true, but *shrug* that's largely unpredictable.
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timeasmymeasure
Of course I have a plan for that...
Date: 2019-08-10 04:38 pm (UTC)I have kids in college and about to enter, so continuing to have a high salary makes that much easier. At the earliest I'd be looking at retirement options in about 7-8 years. That's not too far off my planned "earliest" path that I had sketched out when I was about 35. Assuming my health continues to be good I expect that I'd like to continue full-time work until age 70 or so.
After that... I dunno. A lot depends on whether the kids have families and there are grandkids. If they are, I'll be around for them. If not, I might retire and travel. More likely I'd semi-retire and teach courses as an adjunct someplace. I'd like to see more young people get into this field and I recently had an experience teaching a group at my workplace that was very validating and invigorating.
I'm super-privileged to work in a field that doesn't tax my body so it's quite feasible that I could keep going as long as medical science keeps me in acceptable shape. Maybe the world will change so some of these things are no longer true, but *shrug* that's largely unpredictable.