Thread: JTH's Account Talk

Originally Posted by JTH

Ya know, work has been busy, I just don't have the time or energy to manage my positions. I spend 30 dollars a month for my charting software and it's something I don't need, it's just nice to have. I"d be better off canceling that subscription, join Intrepid's service, spend the extra 10 dollars on scratch-offs, and still come out ahead.

Do what you need to do. I can remember back when a 60 hour week was the short week.

Originally Posted by Bquat

Do what you need to do. I can remember back when a 60 hour week was the short week.

Bquat just wonder n who the hell did you work for, obviously not the gubmint like I know it heehee

Originally Posted by JTH

Ya know, work has been busy, I just don't have the time or energy to manage my positions. I spend 30 dollars a month for my charting software and it's something I don't need, it's just nice to have. I"d be better off canceling that subscription, join Intrepid's service, spend the extra 10 dollars on scratch-offs, and still come out ahead.

Or follow a member of the LMBF Familia - more money for scratch-offs

I'm seriously thinking about I.T. too. So well worth it.

Originally Posted by GUCHI

Bquat just wonder n who the hell did you work for, obviously not the gubmint like I know it heehee

Just remembering back to night field testing for DOD.

Originally Posted by Bquat

Do what you need to do. I can remember back when a 60 hour week was the short week.

I understand what your saying, I don't work 60 hours a week, if I did, you'd still only get 40 hours worth of work out of me. Problem is, I'm eligible to retire in less than 3 years and I really need to dedicate the remainder of this time to my career, my Airman and transitioning into civilian life. Truth is I only have a finite amount of mental energy, something has to give and I can't afford to spend countless hours analyzing market data, especially when there are other (more important) things to tend to. I may not get out at the 20-year mark, but at the same time, I want to be prepared to do so if I choose to.

Si! Planning for retirement is a full time job! Who knew not working was so complicated.

Originally Posted by Scout333

Si! Planning for retirement is a full time job! Who knew not working was so complicated.

I agree, the bigger problem is that it will be my 1st retirement, not the last. I'm not looking forward to joining the real world...

I compare daily market watching, charting, and guessing under TSP restrictions to balancing a personal checkbook. Why bother? When was the last time the bank was wrong?? In these last 5-1/2 years, it has been a futile effort to beat the market. Hell, I even paid an investment service, hoping to recoup previous losses, last year to loose like 10% getting caught in the "whipsaw" of last summer. That was the last straw for me.

I stay informed, but not consumed.

Originally Posted by JTH

I'm not looking forward to joining the real world...

I thought the same thing. When I took my retirement physical is when it realy hit me that what I had known for the past 20 years would soon change. However the day after my retirement date was the least amount of stress I had felt since being a teenager. The stress did not return until the business starting going good. I was responsible for more than just my Wife and Son. I had workers and workers families that counted on me for 40 hours a week. 2008-2009 almost crushed me, emotionally I was drained. I was juggling way to many glass disshes. It helped when the Son graduated, now entrenched in the energy sector, after a TUFF 4 year USMC stint.
Nowadays balancing my business and career is challenging but stress is a relieved by success.
Decide and then embrace whatever decision you make.

I retired after 21 years active duty, 25 counting Reserve time; lived out a career dream from my youth for three years and then found my true calling in February 2013.

When I retired from active duty in 2010, had a nice GS position there for me, but didn't accept the position even though the pay would have been great. I feared I would get trapped in perpetual Federal government servitude (and stress) in a job that I really didn't love. At first I regretted that move, but now I am so glad I am working where I am and not there.

Originally Posted by OBXTrader

I retired after 21 years active duty, 25 counting Reserve time; lived out a career dream from my youth for three years and then found my true calling in February 2013.

When I retired from active duty in 2010, had a nice GS position there for me, but didn't accept the position even though the pay would have been great. I feared I would get trapped in perpetual Federal government servitude (and stress) in a job that I really didn't love. At first I regretted that move, but now I am so glad I am working where I am and not there.

I am feeling the same way! I remember a Chief once told me "when I retire, I want to be a Mail man. Simple, Easy and get by." I always think down of him because for a man to achieve so much and yet want to be a simpleton when he's out of the military is beyond my comprehension, but now I know why. I cant wait to retire and be a mail man.