Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

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volinbham said:
that's awesome.

we do some leadership training professional education through the school. I've been involved for 3 years and it's very rewarding. I'll keep doing that. They pay me enough to make it interesting but it's more for the engagement. I wish my actual students were as eager to learn/improve themselves as these employees (most who never went or will go to college). It's all the good of teaching without the crap.

My job now is to keep myself engaged
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I learned pretty quickly that it’s difficult to just flip the switch off on using your cognitive skills at a high level for over 40 years including college and to be content just existing. Yep keeping yourself engaged is the task. One thing I’ve thought about picking back up is volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity I immensely enjoyed my previous engagements with them. But … they use power tools… 😳
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
I learned pretty quickly that it’s difficult to just flip the switch off on using your cognitive skills at a high level for over 40 years including college and to be content just existing. Yep keeping yourself engaged is the task. One thing I’ve thought about picking back up is volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity I immensely enjoyed my previous engagements with them. But … they use power tools… 😳
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i had a friend tell me they do a lunch plan where they have a rotation of people they have lunch with most days of the week. this is my only retirement concern (which I'm fortunate). gotta keep the hermit vibe to a minimum
 
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volinbham said:
i had a friend tell me they do a lunch plan where they have a rotation of people they have lunch with most days of the week. this is my only retirement concern (which I'm fortunate). gotta keep the hermit vibe to a minimum
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Yep I’m on two old geezer lunch email lists. I enjoy them it’s great to still see those people and keep in touch. Social media just isn’t an acceptable substitute, sitting down and breaking bread or sharing the grape is real socializing and staying connected.
 
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McDad said:
I'm sure you have your moments of impatience but you are very patient and accommodating to her. And she sounds as stubborn as me.
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I definitely lose my temper from time to time as hard as I try not to. I told her the other day that she has apparently never in her life accepted direction, and that I was absolutely amazed that she lasted over 20 years in the Navy Reserve (and active duty) much less retire as a Captain. Her comment "Really?" I also pointed out she doesn't have money or power to back up her behavior ... or a royal title. I admit to being really stubborn myself and definitely not one who takes direction from "authority figures", but compared to her I'm a total slacker.
 
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McDad said:
You have a hobby you wanna get more into?
Pick up a skill like guitar?
Travel?
Do something completely new like nude ice skating?
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Sounds risky. Ice skates are sharp and dangling parts might change from nouns to dangling participles ... or incomplete sentences. How about a self damage competition between @volinbham and ND40?
 
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volinbham said:
traveling nude guitarist on ice skates.

get back into golf, try the pickle ball thing, some business mentoring, some travel,

I've been a prof for just over 1/2 my life and had a job at a university since 1981 (with the exception of one year). Time for a change of scenery.
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Amazing that your sanity held up that long!
 
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AM64 said:
Sounds risky. Ice skates are sharp and dangling parts might change from nouns to dangling participles ... or incomplete sentences. How about a self damage competition between @volinbham and ND40?
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I think maybe you're not accounting for cold shrinkage. Suddenly that outie becomes an innie.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
I’m doing part time work back at the former company to keep my brain from turning more into mush and when I’m actually working with the young kids on a problem it’s very rewarding and enjoyable, not to mention lucrative. There is only so much golf and fishing a person can do. I find myself more and more avoiding the senior people because frankly they’re annoying now and I don’t have to deal with them anymore if I don’t want to.

The most cool thing in this setup is before when l had to decide personal life vs work for some event or trip by and large work had to win if on nothing more than economics. Now if approached even on a last minute event that interests me my usual answer is sure let’s do I’ll tell them I’m not coming in today. And not give it a second thought.
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Good deal. This is where I’m at as well. I plan on part timing for quite awhile longer because I like it, the money comes in handy and it keeps me sharper than I would be if I was on the golf course every single day. All that being said, the feeling of knowing that I am comfortable enough that I can tell them to blow it out their ass if they piss me off or if they ask for something so remarkably stupid that I just can’t oblige without making them aware of the ignorance of their request is a really really good feeling.
 
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JOEY’S ALL VOL !!! said:
Good deal. This is where I’m at as well. I plan on part timing for quite awhile longer because I like it, the money comes in handy and it keeps me sharper than I would be if I was on the golf course every single day. All that being said, the feeling of knowing that I am comfortable enough that I can tell them to blow it out their ass if they piss me off or if they ask for something so remarkably stupid that I just can’t oblige without making them aware of the ignorance of their request is a really really good feeling.
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I’m learning to manage the frustration a bit better. I mean … when I get pissed off I just leave 🤷‍♂️ And I’m trying to get people to really listen when I say “hey you asked for my input and I gave it to you. You aren’t obligated to do a damn thing I said. And we will be long gone probably before it’s even built so it would be easy for us to just rubber stamp the effort (knowing that’s what you were looking for going unsaid) so at the end of the day it’s completely up to you to decide how you proceed. And I/we mean that.”

I will likely wind up doing it longer than I had planned as long as they let me keep focusing on the mentoring. It’s the easiest money I’ve ever made in my life.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
I’m learning to manage the frustration a bit better. I mean … when I get pissed off I just leave 🤷‍♂️ And I’m trying to get people to really listen when I say “hey you asked for my input and I gave it to you. You aren’t obligated to do a damn thing I said. And we will be long gone probably before it’s even built so it would be easy for us to just rubber stamp the effort (knowing that’s what you were looking for going unsaid) so at the end of the day it’s completely up to you to decide how you proceed. And I/we mean that.”

I will likely wind up doing it longer than I had planned as long as they let me keep focusing on the mentoring. It’s the easiest money I’ve ever made in my life.
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Easier than your gay porn days?
 
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