Retirement

A few years ago when I had just completed a painful divorce my new financial advisor told me that if I wanted to, I could retire making about the same money as I had while working.  The way he put it, if I liked my job, I could continue to work for free.  Because, unless there was a big raise, I was just missing out on retirement benefits if I continued to work.

I did love my job.  Or I should say, I used to love my job.  But Chromebooks came in and they weren't in my opinion properly supported or thought through.  I ended up taking the burden of the problems generated by Chromebooks in my very large middle school because I was the media specialist and Chromebooks were media. At the time my financial advisor suggested retirement I was drowning under the weight of over 100 broken Chromebooks. I didn't have time to even think about being a librarian.

Retire? Sure.  I was very concerned that it was all a lie and I really wasn't going to have enough money to survive if I retired, but I wanted out.  I imagined that if I needed to I could find some other career. But, as it turned out.  The advisor was right.  I am fine.  I no longer have to think about, dream about or even touch another Chromebook.

It was a gift, retirement. Considering the pandemic, watching my grandchildren and the travel I got to do retirement was the perfect gift for me.