# Countdown to retirement **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 25, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-retirement/981653 "2023-03-25T17:37:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1042
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-retirement/981653/1042 "2026-05-31T13:34:17Z")
I started a thread for the other side. > [@The Unretirement thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unretirement-thread/1030509): > > Inspired by the [Countdown to Retirement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-retirement/981653) thread, this thread is for people who retired and went back to work, or retired and picked up a volunteer “job” that consumes… Oh, maybe 15+ hours a week, or who could retire but decided not to, at least for now. I retired, and i volunteered for all sorts of stuff i thought I’d like to do. And i did like doing it. But it was lots of unrelated stuff and sometimes I’d have a bunch of deadlines/busy periods all at once, and i was kinda running ragged. My hus… You might want to check it out. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-retirement/981653)._