LiveLife
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Well, looks like I finally made it to retirement with my fingers and toes intact.
Happy 4th of July as I celebrate my independence from work! Or is it?
As many posted, I am quickly finding out I have never been so busy. It feels like I went from working 8 hours a day to 12-16 hours (and without union contract/FLSA required breaks) to the point of exhaustion. My wife (And she can dream big as she has seen what I am capable of doing/building), parents, friends/coworkers and even son's girlfriend all have produced "retirement project lists" for me to pursue now that I am retired and have "plenty of free time" on hand.
I told them I plan to pursue all their lists but my wife's project list gets highest priority.
Bless her heart of 24 years married together, she "insists" that I also not forget to pursue my reloading/shooting projects. So she says I should pursue my projects between her long list of projects while I continue to manage our 401K/Roth IRA retirement funds and stock trading accounts on a daily basis.
So here are my current retirement reloading/shooting projects in no particular order (For now):
Happy 4th of July as I celebrate my independence from work! Or is it?
As many posted, I am quickly finding out I have never been so busy. It feels like I went from working 8 hours a day to 12-16 hours (and without union contract/FLSA required breaks) to the point of exhaustion. My wife (And she can dream big as she has seen what I am capable of doing/building), parents, friends/coworkers and even son's girlfriend all have produced "retirement project lists" for me to pursue now that I am retired and have "plenty of free time" on hand.
I told them I plan to pursue all their lists but my wife's project list gets highest priority.
Bless her heart of 24 years married together, she "insists" that I also not forget to pursue my reloading/shooting projects. So she says I should pursue my projects between her long list of projects while I continue to manage our 401K/Roth IRA retirement funds and stock trading accounts on a daily basis.
So here are my current retirement reloading/shooting projects in no particular order (For now):
- Prototype hybrid machine rest build for pistol/carbine testing (I now have 3 stable base options)
- 22LR (Current production) 25/50 yard chrono/accuracy testing (I even bought a new box of Thunderbolt)
- Combination Dillon 550 and 650 portable bench
- Vintage C-H singe stage and 3/4 station "H" type press bench (May build a temporary fold-down bench)
- Primer comparison testing
- Powder comparison testing (Looking forward to N320 vs Sport Pistol/Target and N340 vs BE-86/CFE Pistol/AutoComp testings)
- Continued "Pay It Forward" - Currently working on a "complete reloading package" for a THR member with 2 more PIF packages in the works.
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