Kevin O'Connor

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23 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Nov 2021 last heard Nov 2021

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · In the 'Great Resignation,' Older Workers Lead the Way · 5 Nov 2021 podcast

Thanks for having me today, JR.

Well, three years ago, I had a kidney transplant and made a full recovery and have enjoyed great health.

But then when the pandemic hit, I spent a lot of time working from home and have two young grandchildren that my wife was taking care of and kept hearing them having such a great time and spending a lot of really memorable time together and realized I was going to miss out on that once I got back to the

So I really made the decision to, once I had an opportunity this summer, I decided to retire and spend more time with my wife and grandkids and do some fun things while we can.

I was comfortable financially.

I had always thought that I may want to consider retiring at 60.

And so being 58 now and after going through, you know, a year and a half with the pandemic of really working from home in my home office, I just realized that the thought of getting up on a Monday morning and getting to the airport for a 7 a.m.

flight and going through the grind was

was not appealing to me anymore.

So I just decided that I'd had enough and decided it was time to step back and enjoy things.

We actually were owned by a parent company that was a small cap public company that had a new CEO start two weeks before I retired.

So they did ask if I would stay and I appreciated the offer to stay and still continue to talk with her and I'm doing some consulting, but really was at a point where I was ready to not go to work on Monday mornings.

I think if I were to return in any capacity, it would really be at a time when my grandkids are a little bit older and probably are in school and have their own activities.

And really, if I found something that I was really passionate about, people that I really enjoyed working with, and probably more in a volunteer capacity than an employment capacity,

So I really, I've spent a lot of time listening to podcasts since I retired, spending a lot of time walking and exercising and really trying to look for things that keep me engaged in retirement.

And one of the things that I listened to where somebody said, retirement is not really retirement per se.

It just means you create your own schedule.

So you're not really working on somebody else's schedule, but you go find what you want to do and can contribute to.

And do it on your schedule.

So I really think that it will continue to evolve.

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