Retire or keep working

[Porch Dweller]

Originally Posted by G G

I don't think I ever really figured I would make those kinds of returns either. It certainly hasn't returned anything since we put it in. In fact right away it lost a ton, and slowly made its way back, and now is down at the moment. I have thought seriously about buying gold and or silver with it. I don't really know much about(as you can tell) about investing as we are newbies but should have been doing it for decades. I am leaning towards keeping the job cause it's the easiest job I have ever had and I am pretty much on my own with no supervisors following me around, the owner has treated me better than any job I have ever had so it's not a hard call to keep working, since it's basically part time and most days I probably make anywhere from $50 to $75 an hour if we were going by hourly rates. So it's really a no brainer. Plus the fact that I doubt very seriously I would find enough to do for the whole month to keep me from going crazy. LOL.

I appreciate all the advice so I imagine I will stay with it at least until 62 and may even put off drawing SS at 62 if I am still able to work.

That's a great reason to keep working; I'd probably do the same. I was pretty unhappy at my last assignment so it made the choice to retire very easy for me.