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(#11) This Whole Family Quit Their Jobs to Play Pro Poker
Michelle and Matthew Shiels have both retired from their day jobs to become pro poker players... along with their sons Richard and Brandon. They're all poker experts at their "House of Cards" in Birmingham, AL, and the family spends at least three days out of the week competing in poker tournaments and making a few television appearances.
Before going pro, Michelle owned a nursery business, which she sold to focus on poker, and her husband, Matthew, was an accountant.
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(#14) Right Before His Retirement, This Guy Took Up Painting - Using Spreadsheets
Digital design hardware and software can become expensive, but this retired man found a way around that by creating intricate digital art with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft's spreadsheet software. The 73-yearyold artist, Tatsuo Horiuchi, even went above and beyond with his talents, winning the Excel Autoshape Art Contest (yes, that exists) in 2006, and it's not as easy as it seems.
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(#6) Quit His Job at 25 and Sailed to Chili in Hurricane Season
Dwyer Haney, a 25 year old, gave up his day job and sold all of his belongings to sail to to the fjords of Chile in a 30-foot-long sail boat, that he affectionately named "Rascal"- in hurricane season, where he almost lost both his boat and his friend. He kept a blog full of pictures and journals of his epic voyage from Bellingham, Washington to Chilean Patagonia, and plans to keep finding challenges to conquer throughout the rest of his very early retirement.
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(#13) Former Engineer Creates Armies of Kinetic Sculptures
Seth R. Goldstein retired quite some time ago from the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. Since then, he has earned the title and reputation of "kinetic sculptor" from his artistically engineered machines that he makes in his basement workshop - like "Why Knot? (above)," "Cram Guy," and "RO-BOW."
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(#8) Retired Civil Engineer Creates Artificial Glaciers to Aid Ladakh
This retired civil engineer still puts his field experience to work by helping the people of Ladakh, India with their water needs. At 79 years old, Chewang Norphel, aka the "Ice Man of India" has found a solution to Ladakh's troubles through artificial glaciers. Since then, Ladakh's agricultural production has increased and many residents no longer feel the need to move into cities. He plans to continue making glaciers and hopes to extend this aid to other places across the globe that are experiencing backlashes from global warming.
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(#2) A Retired Aerospace Engineer Lives Life as a Rockstar
Everyone dreams of being a rockstar. And really, what better way is there for an 82-year-old retired aerospace engineer to spend their time off? Wait, what? John Hetlinger is seriously the coolest heavy-metal grandpa. He made it to the "Judge Cuts" round on Season 11 of America's Got Talent, performing both Drowning Pool's "Bodies" and Rob Zombie's "Dragula". Even though he was eventually cut from the show's cast, he still gets to perform live on stage with Drowning Pool at some of their festivals.
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To be honest, retirement is not a natural part of the human life cycle. Retirement was only a social engineering experiment in the past, aimed at getting older, deemed useless workers to leave their jobs and make room for young people. On the positive side, retirees finally have the opportunity to pursue their dreams. Choose a job that fits your personal values, professional skills, and ideas, and you will get a lasting sense of satisfaction and self-worth.
Each age provides things that you have not been experienced before, you have the opportunity to start your own adventure at any age. You can decide whether life is an adventure or full of trivial matters. The random tool shares 14 stories of people who make their dreams come true after their retirements.
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