My last night of work

Keith Molden · Apr 4, 2012

Tonight will mark my final night as an American Electric Power Construction Safety person. So I guess I will officially be retired. I'm sure it's gonna be a big change in lifestyle, living on 1/4 as much as I have been making. But on the brighter side, We've lived on a lot less & survived. This isn't the time I chose, it's A.E.P. making a 44% cutback in our Safety Department. I've been giving it a lot of thought and being nearly 65, I guess it's time to let the younger guys have it. I've got plenty to do at home and can still do the auctions and put up hay which will help out quite a bit. Wish me luck, Keith

Adrian Billheimer · Apr 4, 2012

Good luck to you, I hope there is still something left to the country when I reach the age, I have over 20 yrs. to go. :>(

edward beien · Apr 4, 2012

Enjoy and good luck.

rrlund · Apr 4, 2012

Congrats. It won't take you long to slow down in to it. Dad always said as busy as he was after he retired,he didn't know how he ever got anything done when he was working. I told him he was just getting old and it took him longer to get anything done now.

Wile E · Apr 4, 2012

Maybe you could go back part time as a "consultant" and make 1/2 pay and work 2-3 hrs per week. I know of some guys that have done that.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 4, 2012

enjoy. ret from pso now aep after 43y. haven't looked back. have fun

G. Fields · Apr 4, 2012

Congratulations! Im no where near retiring (29), but my dad retired last year (Sept), and he is a completely different person. Said that outside of marrying my mom it was the best thing that ever happened to him.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 4, 2012

Just don't get on the wife's nerves......... Sure you'll find plenty to keep busy and you'll have plenty of time to catch up on all the family time you missed over the years..... If you don't already have one, I'd suggest a dog to keep you company. Get you one that don't shed so you'll stay in good graces with SWMBO. If it's a poodle, you'll lose the man card, a Schnauzer will be a shadow that'll learn whatever you want it to.

Clean up whatever it is you've been staying the weeks away from home in and take the ole girl on a trip.

Have fun,

old popper · Apr 4, 2012

Congratulations! I've been trying to decide if I could make it if I retired. Right now I still owe a little too much (forgot to quit buying toys) to jump off. I'm looking at next spring, or maybe late this fall. I'll be 67 in November.

guido · Apr 4, 2012

Hello Keith Molden,
You will discover that its not going out to pasture. You'll wander how you had the time to go to work, once you get the hang of it.
Cogratulations and now you can do what you want to do or like to do................ enjoy!
Guido.

kyplowboy · Apr 4, 2012

CONGRATS!!!

Just a warn'n, when my grandfather retired after a few months of help'n my grandmother around the house and yard he started tell'n every one that he needed to go back to work to get some rest!! He love every minute of his retirement, hope you do the same.

Dave

DoubleR · Apr 4, 2012

I did that two years ago and never looked back. Took a 50% cut in pay but I've done just fine and don't miss it a bit. I was seven years younger than you are. I did take a part time job driving a school bus. I wasn't really looking for it but I guess it just found me. But its doing something different and I really don't mind it. Give yourself a little time off and enjoy life first before you do something different if thats the road you take.

DeltaRed · Apr 4, 2012

Congrats!!I left My last job 7 years ago at the age of 47(corporate politics).Its been hard,but we've survived,and we've been much happier.God DOES provide.

donjr · Apr 4, 2012

Keith, I retired 10 years ago and haven't looked back. Best thing I ever did. My deepest regret is that I didn't retire sooner. Now I just farm. If it doesn't get done today, it'll wait until tomorrow. And I don't have a beancounter running my life.

Spook · Apr 4, 2012

Good luck. I've been out for almost 4 years, retired at 53, the plant I worked at closed. Best thing that has ever happened to me.

barnE · Apr 4, 2012

Good luck. Maybe you could teach safety classes locally. What cards or licenses do you carry? Don't forget social security before the money runs out. Retired at 58 ten years ago and never looked back. Do what you want to do. Someone my pay you for that. Super or what! Dave

Jim in Ma. · Apr 4, 2012

I too retired 10 years ago - Life is good! My only problem is I am more busy now but no stress in my life.

Icuby · Apr 4, 2012

I am 71,working 8 hr days on tractors of yesterday. I feel good and very fortionate to be able to do what I am doing at my age. I will continue this untill I cannt do it anymore.

Paul from MI · Apr 4, 2012

I have enjoyed retirement since 2009, it is easy to do. Just remember this your time to help others and you won't have time for anything else. Me, I'm busier than ever.

George Rausch · Apr 4, 2012

A suggestion - if you're as qualified as you sound like, you could consult any number of small municipalities / jurisdictions, who don't really have the means to hire a full-bore safety consulting company. Many City utliities departments are not adequately safety-trained, but unforunately don't know it.

Billy Shafer · Apr 4, 2012

Keith Give it a couple of months and you will have more work than you can find time for. I was forced into retirement in 2007. From generator field service.Moved to a small town. Now I.
Haul fertilizer
Work on fork lifts
Work on small engines
Service trucks
Repair Lawn and Garden Equipment
Minor tractor repair
Build fence
Service and repair generators and do any odd job that comes up. Good thing is I can work when I want to.When people find out about you,they will be knocking on your door.
I even find time to have a few BEERS.
Some day I plan on retiring for good.

37chief · Apr 4, 2012

You will do ok. I am getting by on a lot less income. I retaired about 6 years ago. The company moved, and I would have had to drive 65 miles one way to continue working. After 36 years with them I bailed out, and took SS a couple years early. With my mowing and discing business I am doing ok. I kind of missed all the people I worked with, and all the BS time. Stan

huntingreen2day · Apr 4, 2012

Good luck. I retired last August at 63 and I enjoy every day. I don't get in any hurry to get anything done. Work on it awhile then sit and look at it awhile. If i don't get it done today there is always the next or next.

James Howell · Apr 5, 2012

Congratulations and best wishes to you on your retirement.

Retired last July and wonder how I ever had time to get things done on weekends at the farm.

Stress is gone and in much better health and physical condition.

Ralph Bauer · Apr 5, 2012

Sure they made cut backs, but what about staying in touch with them or their competition and see if you can'T "help out as a consultant, work on time restricted projects". No way that all you're aquired expertise can be easliy replaced. Just a thought.
Meanwhile, enjoy retirement! Ralph in Oklahoma.

Nancy Howell · Apr 5, 2012

I've got five or six years to go. Seems like an eternity.

730d se · Apr 5, 2012

One of the hardest things for humans to do is put things we know behind us.
Wheather we accept it or not, we are mortals! We will not automatically live to a certain age and "enjoy" X number of years of retirement, that is not reality.
So, take every day and enjoy everything that you can. There are so many things to enjoy outside of a job, a title, a career.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 5, 2012

Now is the time to learn where you left everything.Buy 3 of each.

jm. · Apr 6, 2012

Keith: Good Luck, You will find this out quick enough. First if you don,t have a lot of debt it dosen,t take as much to live as you thought.. Second right quick you will have more friends than you can ever think of. Have some body quite offten , call can you go get this, can you come by and help me with this , or all kind of request & am am knot complaning most time I enjoy it but it can sure get out of hand.. Just had a friend ask me if I could make a 450 mi trip one way to pick up a truck he wanted to buy,he did not need to leave his wife, like I have two days to spend.. Been retired now about 7 years and seems I have more to do than ever..
Have fun and take care of yourself FIRST

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