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23 Jun 2010 @ 9:49 PM
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i was wondering just how we as Addd/adhd will fair if when are to retire or lose a job

if I lose my job again I am just wondering should I use my retirement papers, it comes out to about 4,000 /month from the three hospitals who give it to me. my husband also has retirement monry he is 53 I am 52 . I guess I worry about how busy and hard work is gettting and frankly i am tired of working and my boss keeps looking to see if she could fire me . i pray for help and peace each night and right before work . Does anyone now if I go for social security which is another 2200.00 would it be a good deal and for how long Will get to now be less since Obama elected ?

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29 Jun 2010 @ 12:04 AM Reply # 1
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Life after the job.

I'm 51 and a step ahead of where you are now. Two weeks ago I was fired from a health insurance company for not generating enough sales. I can't blame them. I set up more networking events than they ever had and I was told by my manager I had great leadership skills and wanted to set me up with my own sales team, except for one thing. I simply could not sit at the phones and make calls all day and that was what I was hired to do. It was torture and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't make it work. I would have fired me too. I discovered Internet marketing with a company that teaches you every thing you need to know in a paint by numbers kind of way www.mrmicashsystem.com. You won't get rich over night but you should replace your current salary in a short time with no pressure of being fired and not hving money to live on.

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17 Oct 2010 @ 8:41 PM Reply # 2
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It sounds like you are well prepared for early retirement, bette

I'm 63, and I retired early, last year. Last September, 2009, I was fired from a job I had almost 6 years, and escorted to my truck without being allowed to go back to my desk, or tell friends goodbye (why do companies do that, treat you like a criminal when they fire you?). I sat in my truck crying and feeling sorry for myself for a few minutes. Then I said out loud, What am I going to do now? I guess I'll retire. So, the very next week, I got online and cashed out my meager 401K, and then applied for Social Security. I haven't looked back once. I don't care if I never go back to work. Sometimes finances are very tight, with unexpected expenses, but I have no desire to go back to the daily grind. With my age, health problems (the combination of IBS and ADHD is what finally got me fired, due to erratic attendance, tardiness issues, attention and hyper-focus issues, etc.), my record of job hopping, and my phobia of job interviews, and the way the economy is right now, who in their right mind would hire me, anyway.

Anyway, I have had a ball doing things I would never have been able to do when working full time. I'm working on two novels (ADHD hyper-focus comes in handy, after all), I participate in several online causes, have been able to spend more time with family (even visited one of my sons and his family in PA last month), and have had a very intense online relationship with a man I met on Facebook, who is from Australia. That has been interesting and fun, learning about a different culture.

As for how ADHD fits in with retirement, like I said earlier, the hyper-focus comes in handy with everything I'm doing online. Being retired, and not having a schedule set in stone by somebody else, has given me more freedom. For example, I am and have always been a night owl anyway, so when I saw the advantage of switching my time to Aussie time, it was a simple matter of staying up all night, and then going to bed around 7:00 a.m. my time (11:00 p.m. , Aussie time), and then getting up around 2:00 p.m. my time (6:00 a.m. Aussie time). The only problem I have is if family or friends pop in unexpectedly in the morning, like the time my daughter surprised me at 10:00 a.m. to invite me to breakfast, and I had only had two hours sleep! She was shocked, said she didn't know her mother was a vampire! lol Also, if I sleep too late, I miss out on the sun. On the other hand, not having a set routine can cause my lack of focus to go wild, and I don't accomplish anything!

Well, anyway, this is my experience, so far, with my early retirement and ADHD. This should be an interesting topic, and I look forward to hearing about the experiences of other people in this situation. I hope it all works out for you, too.

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19 Oct 2010 @ 8:47 AM Reply # 3
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