My job really isn't that bad. If I left at 55 I was going to work anyway and I did look at several options but with my time at UPS, the vacation, growing the pension even more, plus a few other perks, the numbers and our goals for retirement just added up to staying. I even sat down with a financial planner to crunch some serious numbers and I liked the outcome of a few more years. My supervisors don't have the knowledge of the sortation systems like I do so they as much admit they need me more than I need them. As a result, we have a good arrangement that works for me. If I were a driver? Yeah, I'd likely been gone.
Last month spent a week on St. George Island Florida and the surf fishing everyday has gotten me to thinking.