Originally Posted by
Machka
I retired for the first time in 2004 at the age of 37. I quit my permanent job where I had been for about 8 years, gave up my apartment, got rid of half my stuff and put the other half into storage ... then travelled to Australia and toured by bicycle for the next 3 months.
When I returned to Canada, I went to University where I got a degree, took temporary jobs between semesters, and made a point of travelling and touring for a month or more each year for the next 5 years.
Don't wait 15 years to do long tours locally and overseas ... start now. If you haven't gone anywhere this year, take a month and go travel!!
I admire you! I'll be retiring in two years when I hit 50 and the first thing I'll do is the Northern Tier. After that I plan to do one big tour every year ( Rt 1 Iceland, SW France, NW Scotland are all on the list) and ride my bikes every day for fun and to do shopping and trips downtown. I have an excel spreadsheet count down to the big day when I can say goodbye to work and do this
so I can fill my time with this
