Join me in a 2026 retirement countdown

[loveawineloveacrisp]

Next year is the year I'm going to hang up my corporate boots and retire and I can't wait. I'll be 57 and I want to finish just before Christmas, none of that arguing over who's going to cover the Christmas period nonsense.

Not really sure when I should let my boss know. I'm on 3 months notice so I guess that's plenty of time.

Anyone care to join me in a countdown?

I know how much notice I need to give to retire so I tell myself that all the time - I'm only x months away. And that time goes very quickly. I've not quite got a Gucci bag job but people will apply for it and I have a good deal (served my time so I feel okay with that). But I am very bored and I don't care about anything. Tbh, that helps me detach. Every time I think of The Date, another curve ball turns up to set it back. But I'm only ever x months away.

@dudsville Yeah, I know what you mean. I have a MN mythical job (>100k plus benefits) fully homebased and flexible. I should be loving it and proud of what I have achieved, but I don't. I have all the cake I can eat, and am sick of cake.

About 5 years ago I went through full burnout and I am not sure I ever really recovered. Yesterday I had to access some of the files related to the project from 5 years ago and it left me feeling tearful and low again. I still feel flat today. The only way I am going to recover is quitting. But I am too senior to move company (it's a pretty niche role for UK) and too young to retire yet.

I feel exactly like that @damekindness, my organisation is like a toxic relationship I'm trying to move away from. And I'm also finding the mornings soooo hard @loveawineloveacrisp ,efficient is silly because up until the pandemic I was out of the house at 6.30 every morning. Since then I can sleep in until 7, have a pot of tea in bed until 8am, the luxury is crazy. But it's not enough. I'm done.

And those feelings of burnout, @PersimmonsAreNotTheOnlyFruit , it didn't occur to me that I might be until I was listening to a friend talk about the presentation she was giving on burnout and I just started crying. But I might just be angry at my organisation, only time will tell.