Semi retired at 47, started to get a bit bored (and to be honest my funds were not sufficient to deal with a decent life of leisure) so went back to working full time at 48 with a new lease of life.
Promised myself that I'd give it no more than 10 years though and aim to full time retire at 58.
You beat me by one year, CE. Although I'm a bit of a fraud because I do still accept well-paid freelance commissions to mouth-off, if they require no work and don't clash with football/cricket/holidays etc...
Still jealous that you got there a year before me , though!
Early retirement at 51 and blew the lump sum on holidays, a new motorbike and in the fleshpots of Reigate. Returned to work at 52 for 12 years and as I liked the job intended to stay on past 65 but got ill and finished at 63. Never really had to face the problems being experienced by younger people these days both in jobs and pensions: must be very worrying.
The wife doesn't know it yet but I intend to retire within the next three years. Hope she learns not to wake me up by slamming the door on her way to work ;-)
god knows, on holiday soon when i turn 50. When i come back going to hand all my random pension information over to a financial advisor to sort and advise me. Considering i am a Associate Director of Global Accounting - pensions confuse me no end
plan to retire in about seven years when I'm 55. Intend to but all depends on if the government changes pension laws in the meantime. Read the other day that they are thinking of taxing the lump sum you can take at the outset which could have a bearing on things. Even then can't see myself still commuting into the City past that age.
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Promised myself that I'd give it no more than 10 years though and aim to full time retire at 58.
Still jealous that you got there a year before me , though!
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