I spent 35 years working for the same company.
- I started out working as a coal miner and then I started working in a heating repair shop when the mine closed.
That heating repair shop is now a multi million dollar company with branches in seventeen different states. We service residential, commercial, and industrial accounts. When I retired, I was in charge of the entire Heating and Cooling division and I wasn’t ready to stop working. I was in charge of an entire crew and I liked the responsibility and the thrill of working every day. I finally retired a couple of months ago. I wasn’t ready to leave the job or the business, but my wife wanted to retire and she wanted both of us to move down south. I knew it was a good idea and I knew that I would work until I was ready to enter the grave if my wife didn’t ask me to stop. When I told my boss back I was going to retire, he was really shocked and surprised. When he threw me a party, I was shocked and surprised. The guy also gave me a huge bonus and a nice retirement package. My boss was sad to see me leave after 35 years, but the guy knew that it was time for me to do something different for a while. Some days I miss the old job and the constantly busy days, but I really enjoy playing golf every afternoon and I wouldn’t trade fishing for anything. Retirement is a lot more fun than working a nine to five job.