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I should have never started this fucking thread.
Yeah, maybe. But you did. Might as well make good use of it now.
How’s it goin’?
Not good at all. Not one bit.
I’m sorry to hear that. I know you’ve been dealing with a lot of heavy shit lately. Anything I can do to help?
what's going on, Buzz- ? ??
Can we ski together today?
I'll drive there right now and be there
by opening bell.
I see a piece of it, Buzz-
hell. delete the thread if it 'll help.
( Please) don't forget > illegitimus non (carb'rundum(sp?) )
'Don't let the bastards get you down. '
We love you man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzzworthy
Hope things improve in 25 buzz. Wishing you the best.
Buzz - don’t have any magical quick fixes for ya. But I hope you’re doing ok. Fifty point five years is on the horizon along with the best parts of ski season still to come. Sliding on snow doesn’t fix everything but it’s always worth getting outside.
I will say around 50 was very challenging for me. Wholesale lending tanked and I was actually laid off for the first time in my life. Looked around and went with my best option. Some years sucked financially but others were really good. Eventually got everything paid off, so rental income coming in and I closed out a 40 year career on a high note. Thanks COVID and Jerome Powell.
Finally made it to 65 and no more $1,100 a month health premiums. Life now is pretty sweat so hang in there. You never know what rainbow is right around the corner.
Glad things turned around for you Liv - when looking back to those darker times I feel gratitude for how much better things are when you get to the other side. What a relief.
Buzz I hope you are well.
SkiJ I hope your health issues are on the mend.
Goddamn. I always thought you were younger. Anyhow, I appreciate that perspective.Quote:
Originally Posted by liv2ski
I have been very fortunate in that we are financially secure but I will say that I struggle with finding as much joy in life as I did in my younger years. Kids are rad but upon a lot of reflection, I think I miss things like adventure, risk and uncertainty in a weird way. I vividly remember being stressed to no end about making it to the next pay check, etc; but I also savored not knowing what was next, even if I didn’t know it at the time. Hoping to get back to some adventure once we’re out of the little kid stage. I’d love to hear from older mags (I’m just a wee but younger than Buzz) where you find the most joy and fulfillment 50+.
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I'm 55. Involuntary retirement as posted here earlier. Like you now I gotta fill the next 10 years with something.Quote:
Originally Posted by liv2ski
Most people here in their later years have found the most joy in discovering Costco dealsQuote:
Originally Posted by The Reverend Floater
I’m pretty close to the old goat age bracket, and I thought of a few things when I read that^. Overall, I’m very, very glad that I now have a life with big ol’ helpings of comfort and beauty. I get joy and fulfillment that I generally have a good idea (imo :tongue:) of what to think and/or do about most situations that I encounter. I guess experience really helps give valuable perspective, for me anyway. My kid and her family are doing really, really well, and who wouldn’t feel good about that? Truth is, an awful lot of all that had more to do with luck than accomplishment. But I have worked really, really hard. There’s something fulfilling about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Reverend Floater
I kind of wish I was better and/or more fortunate with relationships, but hey, I guess you can’t have everything. I did have one wonderful wife, better than I deserved, but…fuck cancer.
Costco and the Pickle ball, I'm coming up on 20 yrs jobless, viciously cast out from the bosom of the mother corp with no idea how to be a ski bum
For me it is the relationships with my family and the animals we share a home with. I get so much happiness caring for the animals and spending time with our youngest daughter. Then there are a bunch of people I chat with when I am out walking the dogs. We have a bunch of nice neighbors even if a few voted for Dumps. I have 0 stress and that along with surfing and skiing keeps me very happy boy. You will get there if you plan for it.
dude you will get there even if you don't plan for itQuote:
Originally Posted by liv2ski
So true, but not the destination you dreamed of.
people would ask about what to do in retirement and so I would say there is no way to know until you get there
I would say maybe 2 in 10 old fuckers I talked to would say they didn't like retirement
I failed to plan anything so no choice ski/ paddle/ bike, drink beer take drugs
For me I'd say travel and the process of planning for my next travel. Other than that I'm lucky that I enjoy constancy. I don't get bored doing the same routine over and over for the most part. I'm currently 54, so still working, but hoping to pull the plug in about a year.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Reverend Floater
Skiing beaver the next 2 days, she's skiing soft and pleasant. Got a ticket for you buzz if you can get away!
I think we're done here.Quote:
Originally Posted by XXX-er
yeah I was virtue signaling, really I don't play pickle ball and the costco is 4 hrs away
So you just wank it all day?Quote:
Originally Posted by XXX-er
Until I am too tired to continue
Furious is the way.
Solid full circle on this thread. Bravo.
Armageddon!!!
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Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark
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And pants on the big tables that fit and aren’t blue.Quote:
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There's a somewhat paradoxical freedom that comes from dialing in a routine and executing it consistently day after day after day.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Throw in a hot dog and that's Friday night, aka "Date Night".Quote:
Originally Posted by muted reborn
Just turned 57.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Reverend Floater
Moved to Seattle from UK and a highly stressful profession in 1999.
Goofed off at a "job" here that required little effort, paid the bills, had ample vacation time and ability to take unpaid leave. Skied my ass off. Including a 36 month streak, 7 summer ski trips to South America, 4 to Europe and ski travel around North America.
Jan 2020 given a new role with same employer that I found hugely interesting and rewarding (both mentally and with $$$) worked many more hours and made taking time off difficult. Combined with the increasing shitshow Alterra/Ikon brought to my home hill, COVID shutdowns, missing almost an entire season with a badly broken rib and having a new dog with separation issues skiing has become increasingly less and less important to me. Which I'm ok about.
Rev, for many that risk and adventure itch never goes away. I suggest you scratch it.Quote:
most joy and fulfillment 50+
Struggle>fight>achieve
As you mentioned, when younger, that shit came out found us. As we age, we have to make it up. Its paradoxical. You would think that no struggle is a good thing. But its not.
How to balance that with family is a question only you can answer for yourself. And time is the finite resource. So maybe its an few amazing ski trips, or a new activity, or who knows. But it has to be hard else it won't be rewarding.
hey, magg.s -Quote:
Originally Posted by The Reverend Floater
This thread is important to me, and I checked-back to see where it is at, and consider IF I have anything to contribute -
Rev's comment about joy and fulfillment after 50+ touches home ;
for tgr sake, I will be try to be brief, rather than my often 'skiJ essay' -
trying to help take care of my father in the last year of his life, is the most rewarding thing I have done in the last ten years
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risk ? very different,
adventure ? also very different.
Thank you.
skiJ
Enjoy your 50s and early 60s. I (67) am still healthy and feel good most days about life and all but the difference between 57 & 67 is pretty damn big. In the past 3 years my level of skiing is diminished quite a bit, I don't ski the steep, exposed big lines that I used to. Getting to be OK with that has been a bit of a struggle and I am working on that.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Reverend Floater View Post I’d love to hear from older mags (I’m just a wee but younger than Buzz) where you find the most joy and fulfillment 50+.