I am thrilled to report that today marks the 18th anniversary of my retirement. On October 2 of 2000, I bade the financial world adieu and started my life as a guy who didn’t have to get up for work every morning.
I got my first job at the age of 10 sweeping the floor of a dry cleaner and continued to work till I reached 60. Although my degree is in Finance, I went into the publishing world writing and editing. I liked markets, but always knew I would write. I wrote and practiced journalism for most of my career, spending 20 years working for Reuters covering markets and then teaching journalism at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University for several years. Because I had written about markets for 30 years, my boss at a major philanthropy asked me if I would like to manage some money. So, I managed $900 million in bond investments for the final five years of my working life.
No mas. I thought I would celebrate with this biking post. When I was working I used to tell my friends at the office that when I retired I was going to ride my bike on the Chicago lakefront every day. They thought that was funny. I was never more serious.
You all know how I ride my bike nearly every day year ’round here in Chicago. I do it because I love it. Period. Everything else is gravy.
I am always excited to run across items like the ones below. They point to some of the fun I get cycling. If you aren’t doing it, or haven’t done it for a while, think about giving it a spin. You might find that flying across the pavement feels really nice. As you can see from the infographic below, there are some notable physical benefits, too.
Tony
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Loved it! Great Post☺
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Congrats Tony!
On Tue, Oct 2, 2018, 2:15 AM One Regular Guy Writing about Food, Exercise and Living Past 100 wrote:
> Tony posted: “I am thrilled to report that today marks the 18th > anniversary of my retirement. On October 2 of 2000, I bade the financial > world adieu and started my life as a guy who didn’t have to get up for work > every morning. I got my first job at the age of 10 swe” >
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Thanks, Garry. Much appreciated!
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Congratulations on your anniversary, Tony. Nice post, too.
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Thanks, Jim. One day at a time.
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Congratulations Tony – as always, you are a wonderful writer and a great humanitarian for getting people up and active! Live long my friend!
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Aw shucks. Thanks, Joan. Have a great weekend!
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Reblogged this on One Regular Guy Writing about Food, Exercise and Living Past 100 and commented:
I am reblogging this item I posted last year on my anniversary of retirement. Today marks this 19th year since then.
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Another great year! Well, we are back from our super travels down to Utah and going for a bike ride is high on my list for today!
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Enjoy!
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