Do it. Do it now. | TheaterFire

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Rambling-Holiday1998@reddit

We did this from 2017 to 2024. You are right, you won't always be able to. We were doing fine until one day my husband began to have panic attacks behind the wheel. He had never had one, so I had to tell him what he was experiencing. (I have deep-seated anxiety, so I'm really good at navigating panic attacks).

We sold the rig and got an apartment, and now we are trying to decide what's next while we are still young enough. (I'm 60 and he's 69, so we are older but we aren't old-old, you know?)

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mumtoant@reddit

I have always wanted to spend a year or two traveling in Europe. I can't afford to, but I still have hope.

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Guttersnipe77@reddit

Sold everything, and moved to Argentina 6 years ago.

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WingZombie@reddit

Moving back west. 19 years in the Midwest and I deeply miss the mountains and sunshine.

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PlanXerox@reddit

Right now. 2 major trips a year. A dozen other weekend type. Working until I can't anyway.

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Tralfaz1138@reddit

I'm in that mode. Getting out there to visit places I always thought were interesting but never got to visit before. Last year it was various parts of Europe. This year Japan, Iceland and Greenland. Next year Central America.

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Old-Somewhere-6084@reddit

I would love going on a bicycle trip throughout Europe. But that has to wait a few years (and realistically would be a combination of train and bicycle).

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DiogenesXenos@reddit

Honestly I’ve done mine.

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Educational_Land7852@reddit

Same here. Lived all over the USA. Traveled to 40 states in the Union and 12 countries. Started a hobby that made some money. Now I enjoy being a human "being" not a human "doing".

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Cannoli_724@reddit

You’re making me realize - me too! Travelled while single in my 20/30s - 45 states and 43 countries. Made my career work for me to travel, and finally married/kid at 40.

Last year we bought a sailboat and a little log cabin in the woods - lifelong dream. More close to home w kid and dog “being” than gallivanting all over the place.

My dad died a year before retirement and all those unrealized dreams really haunt me

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cpbaby1968@reddit

We currently full time in a 30’ bumper pull five hours from our house for work. It’s awesome. On top of that we travel somewhere one wkd a month plus two weeks a year. We spent our younger years raising babies and so forth, now we are seeing and experiencing things we didn’t get to.

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lootwine@reddit

Live in London.

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SouthOrlandoFather@reddit

I hope it is a 5th wheel and not one you drive.

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LibertyMike@reddit

My wife and I love camping and do hope to do something like this in the future. In the meantime, we do a couple of weeks of camping and we’re both exercising on a regular basis as well.

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Unique-Sock3366@reddit

We did the same thing a few years ago. Bought and refurbished a vintage RV and traveled for two years around the US looking for home.

We’re now settled on a small homestead in the country in North Carolina. I returned to the workforce and now have the best job I’ve ever had.

I often joke that our trip was my retirement!

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LissyVee@reddit

This is true. My cousin had a massive brain bleed days before heading off on the RV trip of a lifetime. Spent the next 7 years in a nursing home before she died. So sad.

A friend of mine recounted the story of one of her colleagues who got the news she had stage 4 cancer on the morning of her retirement party

Do it now!

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spotthj@reddit

I retired in June of last year at age 53 - 1.5 years earlier than planned. My spring and summer are booked up through August with travel to visit friends, family, and a bucket list of Australia for 20 days.

I am not bored in retirement, I am joyful in my quiet time and my busy schedule that I created. After a lifetime of being on-call and working long hours, it’s all my time.

I can’t wait for DH to join me. He’s 5 years younger and planning on joining me in a few years,

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Ouakha@reddit

I started. Last year I contacted a friend I hadn't seen in about 15 years and we went mountain hiking over a long weekend in Scotland (where I live). Did it again this year, up to Inverness, hiking and driving down by Lochness then down Glencoe.

Hope to do it again next year.

My other do-it-nows are taking my dog camping while she can still go ( she's 10) and plans to buy an electric longboard. Just got a new mountain bike too.

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Manwombat@reddit

Not a someday, I’m doing. In a few weeks I leave for a Ten day motorcycle ride through the mountains in north Thailand. A follow up to my Vietnam tour. The bodies starting get a bit creaky, but I’ve got a few adventures left in me I hope.

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figment1979@reddit

Next week I’m actually starting a “side hustle” that I’ve always wanted to do and really was always ready for, I just kept chickening out for some reason.

But next week I actually have my first client booked to do it, and I’m kinda hoping that I love it enough and I get busy enough doing it that it might become my full time job instead of continuing to “work for the man”.

For now if I get enough clients, wife and I will take a trip to Scotland this summer that we’ve always wanted to take.

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Ray_The_Engineer@reddit

With our kids grown and gone, my wife and I executed on what we've talking about for years; sold our house in suburbia and bought our "forever house" and property in the NC mountains. Some of our family was annoyed with us over it; "it's not the right time for you to move away", etc. 3 years in, we LOVE our lives here, it was the best decision we've ever made. OP is absolutely right, do it NOW. Someday is BS. Sure, "life is short", but enjoyable, ACTIVE life is even shorter. Something could happen tomorrow to any of us that could make it nearly impossible to do the things we want to do. Get on deck.

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highlandre@reddit

I opted to move to CO. I’ve wanted to live here since I was about 10 years old. We went Jeeping with some friends out here and I fell in love with it. That was one of my life long dreams that I’m happy I was able to do.

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Automatic-Nature6025@reddit

Am I the only one who heard "do it now!' in Arnold Schwarzeneggers voice?

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SubstanceNo1544@reddit

My 78 yo father and i are going to start fishing.. again.

He used to take me trout fishing at the base of Yosemite when I was a youngin. Hibachi on standby.. catch em clean em cook em eat em.

Gonna try to recreate some of that magic here in oregon

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Pragmatic_Hedonist@reddit

Hope this turns out as amazing as it sounds!

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Squibit314@reddit

I grew up listening to my parents talk about what they’ll do when dad retires. His plant shit down when he was 60 and on medical leave so a forced retirement. For the next five years he battled the ravaging effects of diabetes. He lost the battle at 65. Retirement for him ended up being slowly dying.

There is no “someday” or “perfect time.” There is only take or make your opportunities. Tomorrow is never promised.

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NightingaleNine@reddit

I'm moving from the US to Spain. No, I don't have everything planned out but I know I will make it work, because I'm Gen X and that's what we do -- figure it out on the fly.

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kidde1@reddit

Don’t we though. We are so flexible and able to adjust to nearly everything likely due to living conditions as children. I hope everything works out and you have the life you dream of (with English subtitles)!

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Appropriate-Cut-5458@reddit

Kel Knight and Katherine Day?

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Lower_Classroom835@reddit

Sail away, sail away, sail away 🙂

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Calm-Background2247@reddit

Love this subreddit.

Thanks for the inspiration.

Gonna make my tomorrows count!

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metrology84@reddit

I am meeting my two best friends from high school this June in Fairbanks and we are renting a truck and driving to Prudhoe bay to see the Arctic ocean in the midnight sun. My Dad worked there in the 70's and I want to see where he lived and worked then. It was tough on all of us to be separated while he was trying to earn for his family.

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Genuine907@reddit

I live near Fbx! I hope your trip is amazing.

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eastbaypluviophile@reddit

Having disposable income to bankroll our whims is a must.

Felt like going to Japan last year so I planned the whole trip myself with input from a friend and one month later, went for 15 days. I learned quite a bit about both Japan and myself and it was exhausting but worth doing.

Husband totaled his car a year ago. He’d always wanted a Porsche and we had come into some extra cash so i said “go for it”. I never expected to become a rabid Porsche enthusiast in my 60s but I think I am even more into it than he is.

I’m auditing a class at Yale. I never cared much for history until now, but I want to understand more about how the third reich came to be, and why it’s happening again. Eye opening.

I never picked up a gun until about a year and a half ago, now I own two and am looking at a third, plus studying for my concealed carry permit. I am heart broken at current events and I have come to firmly believe every citizen should be a soldier and every soldier should be a citizen. I will not go gently into that good night, molon labe mfers.

My life is very full because I never lost my innate curiosity and I have had incredible strokes of luck and opportunity that have landed me in the right places at the right times.

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gohdnuorg@reddit

I would go easy on the porsche cult. I spent a year configuring and waiting for mine. Joined the club, did all that. I now see them as status jewelry, way over priced. Not very social hobby. I’m burnt out from it. Car is beautiful sitting in the garage though.

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Alternative-Law4626@reddit

I recommend William Shirer The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich to supplement your other learning. I was stationed in Germany for 3 years and took the opportunity to read our library out of all its materials on the subject. Lots of biographies and autobiographies of both German and allied people. Lots of concentration camp stories which supplemented several POW camp books I’d read previously.

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worrymon@reddit

I saw Fishbone at Toad's Place back in the 90s. Was happy to see the place was still there when I went visit the Beinecke Library about 6 years ago.

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Alternative-Law4626@reddit

Retired at 61 last Friday. Today is the first day not going to a job. DW and I will be going for a 3 mile walk, then hit the gym. Do a 2 hour block of yard work. My financial advisor wants a call. Gotta call the COBRA administrator. Jam packed day. Might fit in some pickleball, we’ll see.

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worrymon@reddit

6 things? That's like a week's worth of activities - you're retired now!

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Alternative-Law4626@reddit

I know! It probably won’t be like that next week. (And who knows if we’ll get through all that? If not, there’s tomorrow).

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Grafakos@reddit

In case anyone isn't already aware, at age 62 we qualify for a senior lifetime pass for the national parks. It costs $80, which is the same price as an annual pass for non-seniors!

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disastrous_affect163@reddit

If you are a veteran, it's free and I went to like ten before I knew this. 🤦‍♂️

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Alternative-Law4626@reddit

I was just looking that up on Saturday. I knew it was a benefit but hadn’t availed myself until now.

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Juanfartez@reddit

Also with disabled people. 😁

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Klayton_1971@reddit

Writing my memoir and being completely open about my past. I was planning on using a pen name, but now am thinking of just using my real name and letting it all come out. Scary as hell, but exciting to consider.

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ItsDarwinMan82@reddit

Would we know who you are?

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Klayton_1971@reddit

Ha, no. Just that people in my life might be startled by my past.

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AerieFar9957@reddit

I’m (51) doing it now! I’m month 7 of doing a cross country solo trip. I’m doing Route 66. It’s has been amazing and am living my dream!

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TheGreatRao@reddit

I made the resolution to do everything as soon as I can. Too many friends are gone. "Tomorrow" will never arrive. It's a liberating feeling.

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shortstop_princess@reddit

Take my family to Disneyland. I missed an opportunity when my daughters were young and were in the Disney Princess phase. Now they're young adults.

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FlyingTerrier@reddit

Friend worked solidly till retirement with the attitude hard work pays and you have fun when you retire. 6 months before retirement he got skin cancer. Not a big deal but his liver filters the cells and it got in there and dead just after his retirement date. What was the point?

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Oldebookworm@reddit

That’s my plan in about 5 years

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1BiG_KbW@reddit

I've done it.

I travelled the west coast with a fire performing circus.

Drove log trucks and heavy equipment for my grandfather's logging operations.

Managed and drove the Seattle monorail. By and by, did an internship at Walt Disney World where I piloted a free-floating vessel and had 160 souls on board.

I guess with all that and the years coming to an end, I could settle down, operate a sawmill and brew wine. Maybe make a brandy and age it in alder casks. Or travel some more, drive to Argentina.

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Careful_Equipment401@reddit

Spend more time outdoors, this is it.

Starting today 🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃

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username-fatigue@reddit

Next week we fly to Greece to start a slightly unhinged six-week Wombles-themed holiday through Europe and the UK. It's not a great time to travel in terms of work - or international relations for that matter. But if not now, when?

Plus the weather where I am is currently extremely shit, so escaping for a bit sounds like a very good idea.

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UnicornFarts1111@reddit

I would go to Hawaii and lay on the beach all day. Go to a luau. Take a boat ride. Go Shopping.

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flexible_demeanor@reddit

Between jobs, I took a year off to travel to extreme places (very good fitness required) and took photos of the journey.

My dad, who always waited until retirement to do stuff, said he wished he had done more because his body doesn't let him do what he would want to do now.

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EzAeMy@reddit

If I threw caution to the wind, my husband and I would lose our health insurance and have major problems. I’m genuinely happy for you though.

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chilicrock_21@reddit

This! Losing health insurance is what keeps my hubs and I from any long adventures. 5 or 7 days is all we can do. But we do have a conversion van and do camping trips over the weekend!

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Revolutionary_Bee700@reddit

Planning a dream trip to Japan. At least someday has a date now!

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ReputationWeak4283@reddit

Be sure to see the bamboo forest. I still remember it. So beautiful!

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HashtagJustSayin2016@reddit

My brother passed away (at 54) so he never got his “someday”.

It made me realize I might not either. Ever since then, if I can do it - I’m going to. Traveled a lot more and have some trips coming up at the end of the year.

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dreaminginteal@reddit

Well, let's see.

I started visiting large airplane museums, but that got curtailed by COVID. I was in DC about a week before the lockdowns hit California. Going to get back to it, probably this year.

I retired and moved to Hawaii.

I would like to go back to the Galapagos; that was an amazing trip we went on. I'd like to get my little car fixed up to the point where I can race it again, and take it out on the track at Laguna Seca and Sears Point. I'd like to drive some "interesting" cars, like a 2CV, a Tatra, a DS, and a few more...

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Wide_Breadfruit_2217@reddit

My dads' midlife crisis red convertible was a 2CV. Was a hoot to ride around in. The top peeled down like a sardine tin. He volunteered at the Museum of Flight in Seattle for years. Bet you would have got along!

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Meetzorp@reddit

Citroën 2CV is a permanent member of my "dream garage."

I love quirky cars so much!

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EzAeMy@reddit

Congratulations on moving to Hawaii!

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tranquilrage73@reddit

We did it last year. I got laid off, and we used that time to travel throughout Europe. It was incredible.

I cannot stress enough, DO THAT THING.

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