Retirement... throwing in the towel or shifting into high gear? (pension, moving)
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OMG, whenever I heard a Southern Belle say that, it was an indication of a clear and present danger.
Best to evacuate the area as quickly as possible. Soon there will be yellow tape and a bored officer of the law saying "Move along, nothing to see here ... move along ..."
At my last "real" job, we were all forced to read a book called "Who moved the cheese"?
My question was "Who cares?" That was the dumbest d*** book I have ever been forced to read. I actually had a parody about half written, but I never finished it or took it seriously because I assumed there were probably already 100 parodies out there. Apparently not. A missed opportunity if there ever was one.
Even if you win the rat race, you're still a rat.
So no, I don't miss any of that. And yes, I AM taking it easy, cooling my jets, "throwing in the towel", or whatever your favorite metaphor is.
The old Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times" is probably worn-out and hackneyed by now.
Nevertheless, I have had my fill of "interesting times". I'll be happy to live in UNinteresting times, thankyouverymuch. A little bit of a garden, my e-reader, a computer connection (and a computer of course), and the tools associated with my various and sundry crafts, and I'm good to go. Gonna relax and be unbored puttering around doing fun stuff. No itch for travel, as long as I can get back and forth to the grocery and what-not.
throwing in the towel
shifting into high gear
in the age
get-er-done
take the reins off
marathon runner who as enough kick to sprint to the finish line
primed
cool the jets
take your foot off the brake
on the downside of life
Maybe you could express yourself more clearly than with a string of phrases.
Our group did an exercise once using every cliché imaginable in the space of one page. It was great fun and highly instructive. Interesting how many of these are embedded in everyday language. They don't impede meaning, at any rate.
This is not the writing forum, and the thread topic is not about the use, or the over-use, of clichés. If this were a club of English Ph.D.'s I would understand all the criticism and the attention to the writing. But it isn't, which leaves me mystified as the reason for these attacks. If we were all so intent on pointing out everybody's lapses from a perfect, high degree of literacy, then very little of substance would be discussed on City-Data.
OMG, whenever I heard a Southern Belle say that, it was an indication of a clear and present danger.
Best to evacuate the area as quickly as possible. Soon there will be yellow tape and a bored officer of the law saying "Move along, nothing to see here ... move along ..."
Down here in NC, I'm told they say "Laud ham mercy". Lol
Speaking for myself, I love retirement. After working as a nurse in a high pressure, fast paced environment for decades (ER), I can finally stop and smell the roses, literally and figuratively. There is a lot to be said for living a slower paced lifestyle, doing what you want to do, when you want to do it, (e.g., spending a lot of quality time with our grandchild, having enough energy to go golfing whenever, traveling... "one tank trips" or longer on the spur of the moment are just a few things).
I'd be a liar if I said I didn't miss my job from time to time, but not so much as to go back to it, even on a part time basis.
Edit: I was posting when Nick was, but yeah, what they said.
"Retirement doesn't mean that you stop doing things.
You can now do them on your own terms, when you want to do them and how you want to do them."
I'm of the "age" where I watching many retire who can no longer get-er-done or who are ready to take the reins off. I see myself more of a marathon runner who has enough kick to sprint to the finish line. I'm primed, ready and able but also realize there is a finish line, and this is the end of the race... but I have no intention to have a contrived slow down.
How was it for y'all? Time to cool the jets? or take your foot off the brake on the downhill side of life?
There is a quote I like (I'm not sure who to attribute):
“Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well
preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, champagne in the other, body
thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO what a ride!'”
Life's too short. I don't think it should be a glide path into retirement, as that for me implies slowing down, taking it easy, etc. As much as practical, I'm full steam ahead until I physically can't. Having too much fun to do otherwise!
Just got back from Key Largo planting coral for the Coral Restoration Foundation, back to the drop zone for more jumps, then in October cage diving with Great Whites in Cape Town on my 60th birthday!
Sky Diver Jim, did you hear about the nervous paratrooper making his first training jump? He was instructed to pull the rip cord, and the chute didn't deploy, to pull the cord on the emergency chute. Further, he was told that there would be a staff station wagon in his drop zone to take him back to the base.
Well, the main chute did NOT deploy, and neither did the emergency chute! On his rapid way down, the trainee said to himself, "I'll bet that damn station wagon won't be there either!".
I remember my kids sayin' "Dad... I'm bored" and I would say, "if your bored, your boring". Seems like that mood just went away by itself.
I'm never bored... tired or exhausted yes, but never bored. Did I mention, I love me a nap.
How silly to call me boring, I should be able to assess if my job was boring or not. I made the best of it, but there were many days it offered very little in the way of stimulation. It was a high tech job where most days were the same but there was an occasional crisis. I remember an anesthesiologist friend saying most of life is routine with an occasional wild moment. The task is to stay alert for the wild moments. I think that is very true
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. I made the best of it, but there were many days it offered very little in the way of stimulation. It was a high tech job where most days were the same but there was an occasional crisis. I remember an anesthesiologist friend saying most of life is routine with an occasional wild moment. The task is to stay alert for the wild moments. I think that is very true
