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QED

(2,730 posts)
Thu Feb 2, 2023, 10:51 PM Feb 2023

I submitted my retirement forms today

It's a big step but I'm so done. The school year ends May 26. Not sure what I'll be doing but, well, I'm done. I've just lost the joy I had in teaching so this year has been extremely difficult.

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I submitted my retirement forms today (Original Post) QED Feb 2023 OP
Good luck! PJMcK Feb 2023 #1
Congratulations! So jealous. onecaliberal Feb 2023 #2
I retired in August Easterncedar Feb 2023 #3
Congratulations XanaDUer2 Feb 2023 #4
Congratulations! phoenix75 Feb 2023 #5
Good for you ! Deuxcents Feb 2023 #6
My union contract got me out with multigraincracker Feb 2023 #7
Awesome! Freddie Feb 2023 #8
Hugs Chicagogrl1 Feb 2023 #9
Hooray! PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2023 #10
In March, it will be 2 years since I retired. Finished nursing... 3catwoman3 Feb 2023 #11
Kind of like education QED Feb 2023 #13
Congratulations Old Crank Feb 2023 #12
Thank you all for the good wishes QED Feb 2023 #14
Hanging on by my fingertips Random Boomer Feb 2023 #15
I'm jealous AwakeAtLast Feb 2023 #16

PJMcK

(21,921 posts)
1. Good luck!
Thu Feb 2, 2023, 10:54 PM
Feb 2023

Your next chapter will be epic, I’m sure. Be positive. This can be your best adventure yet!

Easterncedar

(2,120 posts)
3. I retired in August
Thu Feb 2, 2023, 11:07 PM
Feb 2023

Public service for 34 years. Loved the job, totally burned out. I am LOVING retirement. I hope you do too.

XanaDUer2

(10,327 posts)
4. Congratulations
Thu Feb 2, 2023, 11:11 PM
Feb 2023

I early retired at 57 due to disability. So burned out, it was affecting my mental, physical health.
Hoping your next chapters are fun and rewarding

Deuxcents

(15,780 posts)
6. Good for you !
Thu Feb 2, 2023, 11:24 PM
Feb 2023

The unknown can be a little scary but it’s also exciting to take a deep breath
N pursue what will make you happy. You’ll be just fine.. let us know how you’re doing 👏

multigraincracker

(32,531 posts)
7. My union contract got me out with
Thu Feb 2, 2023, 11:26 PM
Feb 2023

30 years of service. That was 21 years ago. I’ve loved every day of my retirement. Got out at an age of 52.

Freddie

(9,232 posts)
8. Awesome!
Thu Feb 2, 2023, 11:31 PM
Feb 2023

I’m a payroll admin for a PA school district. Last couple years have seen LOTS of teachers retiring. Enjoy!

3catwoman3

(23,819 posts)
11. In March, it will be 2 years since I retired. Finished nursing...
Fri Feb 3, 2023, 12:31 AM
Feb 2023

…school in 1973, and became a peds nurse practitioner by 1976. Loved the job for a long time. Switching to electronic medical records took away a lot of the fun, as I was spending more time being a data entry clerk than a clinician. Then add in COVID, and because of COVID people wanting telehealth visits.

I worked until a month shy of turning 70. Had I been able to stick it out an additional 10 weeks, I would have completed 25 years with my final employer, which I once aspired to.

It just wasn’t any fun anymore, and 10 more weeks sounded like 10 years. It was time to go. Except for first time parents and new and young babies, I don’t miss it.

Congratulations. And revel in it!

QED

(2,730 posts)
13. Kind of like education
Fri Feb 3, 2023, 08:23 AM
Feb 2023

As long as I could teach and work with kids it was great but COVID did a number on kids. They didn't learn prerequisites well - or at all - and missed some of the behavioral maturity gained in younger years.

One size fits all required professional development....days lost to testing....it all took its toll. I lost all joy in my job. Four more months to hold it together - I'm ready to go now!

Old Crank

(3,375 posts)
12. Congratulations
Fri Feb 3, 2023, 12:36 AM
Feb 2023

Give yourself some time to decompress.

Then look for a hobby, do some touring around.
ONe of my friends does stuff through his local community arts department to keep busy.

QED

(2,730 posts)
14. Thank you all for the good wishes
Fri Feb 3, 2023, 08:25 AM
Feb 2023

The decision was really weighing on me but I woke up this morning. That tells me I made the right call.

Random Boomer

(4,159 posts)
15. Hanging on by my fingertips
Fri Feb 3, 2023, 08:47 AM
Feb 2023

I'm retiring in a few months, probably at the end of May. Much as I loved my job, I just can't keep doing this. Part of me is screaming "Nooooooo!" but that sound is getting fainter by the day.

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