01-02-2022, 05:22 AM
My goal for 2022-23 is to ramp my Vacation account savings up to $7200 annually to take 1 BAT and several smaller ones a year. If I were retired I'd probably want 3 large and 9 small; one a month ![[Image: smile.gif]](http://dividendgrowthforum.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
A big retirement key for me which will have long-term implications is this:
I live on ten acres with some older outbuildings. When I was in my 30's I could keep up with it on weekends and evenings with the occasional longer staycation.
These days I fall behind. Just can't go 10-12 hours straight. and in the summer, after sitting outside in AC, I'm worthless stepping out into 90-degree heat in the afternoons (different if I start early and my body adjusts through the day, so long as I drink plenty of water). But I've always taken a full week off each May and October (no October this year to save vacation days to be paid for). During those weeks I gain without killing myself - 6-8 hours of work time in 2-3 hour increments.
So a huge test, once spring gets here is can I maintain this place the way I want to where I enjoy the time spent messing around outside or do I come to look at this as a burden? That will decide if I stay here or move in the next 2-3 years.
But work at home has always replace a lot of vacations for me; so far I mostly enjoy it.
I will be doing a LOT of day trips. Part is COVID make-up time. There are so many people I haven't seen for two years. Quite a few will be getting a call from me asking if they want a visitor for a day.
I had my 1st 10 retirement trips planned and was alternating between international and domestic trips with the domestic likely being a bit cheaper, international a bit over my annual $10k budgeted. But I'll be going domestic until COVID settles down - I don't want to be stranded in, say, Corsica because of some quarantine regulation. So instead of a Med cruise (I'm not a cruise person but this would be an exception), this summer will be Yellowstone, just after Labor Day.
A big retirement key for me which will have long-term implications is this:
I live on ten acres with some older outbuildings. When I was in my 30's I could keep up with it on weekends and evenings with the occasional longer staycation.
These days I fall behind. Just can't go 10-12 hours straight. and in the summer, after sitting outside in AC, I'm worthless stepping out into 90-degree heat in the afternoons (different if I start early and my body adjusts through the day, so long as I drink plenty of water). But I've always taken a full week off each May and October (no October this year to save vacation days to be paid for). During those weeks I gain without killing myself - 6-8 hours of work time in 2-3 hour increments.
So a huge test, once spring gets here is can I maintain this place the way I want to where I enjoy the time spent messing around outside or do I come to look at this as a burden? That will decide if I stay here or move in the next 2-3 years.
But work at home has always replace a lot of vacations for me; so far I mostly enjoy it.
I will be doing a LOT of day trips. Part is COVID make-up time. There are so many people I haven't seen for two years. Quite a few will be getting a call from me asking if they want a visitor for a day.
I had my 1st 10 retirement trips planned and was alternating between international and domestic trips with the domestic likely being a bit cheaper, international a bit over my annual $10k budgeted. But I'll be going domestic until COVID settles down - I don't want to be stranded in, say, Corsica because of some quarantine regulation. So instead of a Med cruise (I'm not a cruise person but this would be an exception), this summer will be Yellowstone, just after Labor Day.