Comments on Frugal Freedom: Weekend At Last

I gave them one month's notice, on September 30, 2...

2009-11-08T10:17:31.631-07:00

I gave them one month's notice, on September 30, 2008. My last day was October 31, 2008. I was working only 2 days a week at the time, so I had only 9 more working days left after the gave-notice day ended (and I gave them notice late in the afternoon).

I was working on one big project at the time, and my goal was to get it done in my remaining days. I finished it at 4 PM on my last day, 45 minutes before I left the office for the last time. :)

Hi Dave, did you give them any notice like 2 weeks...

2009-11-07T20:39:52.300-07:00

Hi Dave, did you give them any notice like 2 weeks or just quit on that day? Did they just say ok and that was it?

Lizzie, my list was getting so long it was startin...

2009-11-07T20:37:42.516-07:00

Lizzie, my list was getting so long it was starting to depress me! Then I had to make another list to prioritize them. I wish I had a longer weekend.

When the time comes, I assume you will tell your b...

2009-11-07T09:05:25.258-07:00

When the time comes, I assume you will tell your boss of your resignation/retirement in person, not via an email. It will be a lot more memorable, like my retirement announcement was (and I had to tell two managers at the same time). Also, I did in it writing, as in on a piece of paper, so I have a record of it.

I still get chills thinking about that afternoon 13 months ago when gave my notice. I handed my two managers the short note and let them read it. It was a short meeting, taking about 3 minutes.

[In the last few years years of working, I put my office PC into a "locked" mode by hitting ctl-alt-delete whenever I left my desk for more than a minute. This required my password to make it usable again so nobody could do what your sneaky coworker did.]

I look forward to reading about a similar retirement story from you soon, Daizy. :)

Make a list. Sometimes gettting it all out and on ...

2009-11-07T03:00:31.905-07:00

Make a list. Sometimes gettting it all out and on paper stop it just going around in your head all the time.
Enjoy your weekend.
Lizzie

Just knowing you don't have to get up in the morni...

2009-11-06T20:11:05.277-07:00

Just knowing you don't have to get up in the morning and go back to work should be really nice.

I'm starting to relax...if I could just stop think...

2009-11-06T20:04:59.618-07:00

I'm starting to relax...if I could just stop thinking about all the stuff I have to do!

Good stuff. 5 years is pretty well my max. I hop...

2009-11-06T20:02:11.067-07:00

Good stuff. 5 years is pretty well my max. I hope it is sooner.

Hope you find at least a little time to relax this weekend.