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PoindexterOglethorpe

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11. I'm a leading edge boomer, age 71.
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 11:19 PM
Feb 2020

I retired nearly six years ago and I couldn't be happier.

I will also say that I never really had a job that I loved (with one exception that I'll get to in a moment). It was always just a job. I do what I'm supposed to do and I get a paycheck. But I never really looked forward to going to work each day.

Several years ago, after a divorce, I relocated to Santa Fe, and took a job with a local gallery. I worked two days, amazed at how much I loved it. At ten am the third day I was let go for (and this is a quote) "Unbridled exuberance." Sigh.

Entry level jobs are easy to get. There's a myth out there that no one over some arbitrary edge ever gets a job. That is not true. Yes, a highly skilled worker with many years experience may find employers are reluctant to hire, which is too bad. But entry level stuff? Not a problem. I had no trouble getting work over the age of 60, and at the risk of repeating myself, they were all entry level jobs.

Several years ago, a bit after I'd retired, I saw an ad for a part time clerical/administrative sort of job at a local company. I read the ad each day, and on Friday dusted off my resume and went to the business. I would have been hired on the spot, but unfortunately their definition of part time was 30 hours, and mine was 20. But they did take me on two different times for some temp work, which was nice.

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