What's a better term for 'retired'?
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What's a better term for 'retired'?
I can't stand it when I tell people I am retired, as a baby boomer who had to make things happen, there's got to be a better way
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Leisurely occupied.
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Private Investment Manager.
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lol VictoriaVictoriaF wrote:Leisurely occupied.
Victoria
yeah that's like 'enjoying life'
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I've never had this problem. I'd recommend just getting over it.EternalOptimist wrote:I can't stand it when I tell people I am retired, as a baby boomer who had to make things happen, there's got to be a better way
Don't trust me, look it up. https://www.irs.gov/forms-instructions-and-publications
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What is the problem with "retired"? It's a lot better than pre-dead.
Jerry
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just a word. create a new identity for yourself by staying active through volunteering.
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Off-the-Treadmill.
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Or "manager of ..."NAVigator wrote:What is the problem with "retired"? It's a lot better than pre-dead.
Jerry
"When nothing goes right....go left"
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Retired (re-tired) means that you are tired when you work, and it repeats endlessly afterwards.NAVigator wrote:What is the problem with "retired"? It's a lot better than pre-dead.
Jerry
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flâneur
attribution: Nassim Nicolas Taleb.
Victoria
attribution: Nassim Nicolas Taleb.
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Tired twice:EternalOptimist wrote:What's a better term for 'retired'?
First, tired of working.
Then, tired of not.
(*Not my joke, but I thought I'd share it!)
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I was very pleased to retire at an early age (thanks to Jack Bogle), and I have never hesitated to tell anyone I am retired.EternalOptimist wrote:I can't stand it when I tell people I am retired, as a baby boomer who had to make things happen, there's got to be a better way
We are the lucky one's.
Best wishes.
Taylor
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At the end of the day Taylor I always get envious looks and that's COOLTaylor Larimore wrote:I was very pleased to retire at an early age (thanks to Jack Bogle), and I have never hesitated to tell anyone I am retired.EternalOptimist wrote:I can't stand it when I tell people I am retired, as a baby boomer who had to make things happen, there's got to be a better way
We are the lucky one's.
Best wishes.
Taylor
"When nothing goes right....go left"
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- Self-Funded Free Spirit (SFFS).
- Financially Independent Free Spirit (FIFI).
Victoria
- Financially Independent Free Spirit (FIFI).
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I've always liked "connoisseur of leisure."
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Bicycle tourist
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pasture-ized
May neither drought nor rain nor blizzard disturb the joy juice in your gizzard. -- Squire Omar Barker (aka S.O.B.), the Cowboy Poet
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Say 'I manage a private equity fund'.
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(name of your last job title) Emeritus.
i.e. "Project Manager Emeritus"
If retired college professors can use it, why not everyone else?
i.e. "Project Manager Emeritus"
If retired college professors can use it, why not everyone else?
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Seriously?
What's wrong with being retired?
What's wrong with being retired?
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Cat Collector?
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I'd go with "liberated" myself. FWIW, the original meaning was something more like "to step away from" or "to withdraw from" something. So you may have retired from work, but you couldn't be generically retired.
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I consider "retired" a badge of honor. I used to really envy the retired folks when I was busting my hump making a living. Now that I'm one of them I cherish the title.
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I am formerly employed and no longer looking for work (52 characters including spaces).EternalOptimist wrote:I can't stand it when I tell people I am retired, as a baby boomer who had to make things happen, there's got to be a better way
retired (7 characters).
Are you usually long winded? In that case, go for as many letters as you can get out of your mouth in under 10 seconds.
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Unemployed.
I myself will be unemployed for first time ever (since end of college in 1973) on March 8th!
I myself will be unemployed for first time ever (since end of college in 1973) on March 8th!
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To all but my current boss, I've described myself as a flâneur for the past 12 years.VictoriaF wrote:flâneur
attribution: Nassim Nicolas Taleb.
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I use the term "financially independent".
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We graduated the same year. Wow. I have planned to retire for at least 5 years now. For all of you who don't know what to say, you can say you are a consultant. That is always true. I actually am now but unfortunately they are so happy with me where I am consulting that they offered me a full time job. I did decline but they just asked me to do a second full day a week which I agreed to. My tax reduction strategies will now have to wait another year.The Wizard wrote:Unemployed.
I myself will be unemployed for first time ever (since end of college in 1973) on March 8th!
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Free at last!
Have a plan, stay the course and simplify. Then ignore the noise!
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Congrats! Looking forward to my own unemployment soon. Enjoy the last month of servitude.The Wizard wrote:Unemployed.
I myself will be unemployed for first time ever (since end of college in 1973) on March 8th!
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This might work because retired is only half the story. You really retire from something to something, but if you say only "retired," that just says from something. If you say "free," it covers both. I think... Whatever, I like FREE.reggiesimpson wrote:FREE!
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I prefer a student.Calm Man wrote:...you can say you are a consultant.The Wizard wrote:Unemployed.
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But FREE also does not tell what one retires to. It needs an object such as FREE-to-sleep-in, FREE-to-read-Tolstoy, FREE-to-bike, FREE-to-walk-Camino-de-Santiago, FREE-to-tell-off-your-boss, etc.Fallible wrote:This might work because retired is only half the story. You really retire from something to something, but if you say only "retired," that just says from something. If you say "free," it covers both. I think... Whatever, I like FREE.reggiesimpson wrote:FREE!
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Taylor, what age did you retire?
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Put out to pasture.
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My wife recently quit the workforce, and she didn't like just answering "no" if people asked if she worked, so I told her to start saying she's retired... because really, that's what she is...
Maybe I can join her in 8-10 years (She's 8 years older than me, so it's perfectly fair for me to work another 8-10 years... Now if 12 years go by, and I'm not close to retiring, I going to send her back to work!)
Maybe I can join her in 8-10 years (She's 8 years older than me, so it's perfectly fair for me to work another 8-10 years... Now if 12 years go by, and I'm not close to retiring, I going to send her back to work!)
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This reminds me a technical term penultimate hop popping, signifying a penultimate router dropping outer MPLS labels. It's like getting rid of the outer layers in preparation to the final destination.gkaplan wrote:Penultimate life styler
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'Rat race challenged.'
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But it does include the "to" because saying you're free means free from work AND free to do what you want. With "free," you don't have to say what the "to" is anymore than you have to say what the "from" is. The old word "retired" can't do that and it should be retired (not freed as it's not going to anything).VictoriaF wrote:But FREE also does not tell what one retires to. It needs an object such as FREE-to-sleep-in, FREE-to-read-Tolstoy, FREE-to-bike, FREE-to-walk-Camino-de-Santiago, FREE-to-tell-off-your-boss, etc.Fallible wrote:This might work because retired is only half the story. You really retire from something to something, but if you say only "retired," that just says from something. If you say "free," it covers both. I think... Whatever, I like FREE.reggiesimpson wrote:FREE!
Victoria
Of course it will take awhile for the new word to kick in:
Early retirement - early freedom.
Late retirement - late freedom.
Retirement planning - Freedom planning
Retirement calculator - Freedom calculator
Retirement seminar - Freedom seminar
Part-time retirement - Part-time freedom.
I feel it kicking in already!
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Age at retirement.
57 (now 89).3504PIR wrote:Taylor, what age did you retire?
Best wishes.
Taylor
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Retired fries - Freedom fries.Fallible wrote:Of course it will take awhile for the new word to kick in:
Early retirement - early freedom.
Late retirement - late freedom.
Retirement planning - Freedom planning
Retirement calculator - Freedom calculator
Retirement seminar - Freedom seminar
Part-time retirement - Part-time freedom.
I feel it kicking in already!
Victoria
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"re-calculating"
Jerry
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A good one, but not free for long. (BTW, I liked "idiot cheese.")VictoriaF wrote:Retired fries - Freedom fries.Fallible wrote:Of course it will take awhile for the new word to kick in:
Early retirement - early freedom.
Late retirement - late freedom.
Retirement planning - Freedom planning
Retirement calculator - Freedom calculator
Retirement seminar - Freedom seminar
Part-time retirement - Part-time freedom.
I feel it kicking in already!
Victoria
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I spent two years working in Scotland. Thru out the UK, it's OAP. Short for Old Age Pensioner.
I like retired better.
Chris
I like retired better.
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I.W.
(independently wealthy)
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