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It's a tradition in my family that on the first day of retirement, the person take the alarm clock outside and stomp it to bits. We make a party out of it!
My father did it. My mother did it.
My brother and his wife did.
My sister and her husband(s) did it.
This is one time I really hate being the baby of the family.
I have HONESTLY been so busy since I retired 5 months ago, I don't know how I EVER fit work into my life!!! LOL I was always busy, but now I have let my housekeeper retire as well (she was down to just us, but wanted to stay with us until I no longer needed her bless her heart!) and we enjoy lunch once a month and talk to each other several times per week as friends still. Between picking up the new "chore" of fully taking care of the house, the grocery shopping, dry cleaning, puttering in the yard, babysitting our grandson and helping out with my sisters medical needs, this past 5 months has FLOWN by!!! I am grateful to be able to do these things, and "chores" like housework are now fun parts of my day vs the "I gotta get this all accomplished before I head back to work on Monday" kind of drudgery work.
It's a tradition in my family that on the first day of retirement, the person take the alarm clock outside and stomp it to bits. We make a party out of it!
My father did it. My mother did it.
My brother and his wife did.
My sister and her husband(s) did it.
This is one time I really hate being the baby of the family.
LOVE THIS IDEA!!! Sure wish I knew of it when I retired 5 months ago, but will CERTAINLY do this when hubby retires!
I've had this discussion with Gandalara before, as when she posted this in another thread I didn't think at first she was serious (but she was). It's an interesting concept, but I would be lost without an alarm clock. I need it less often now - perhaps about four days per week on average as opposed to five to seven days a week when I was still working - but I couldn't function without it. Different strokes.
This month I will be retired 3 years. I would like to update the things I learned after 1 year.
6. The interest in my new town has waned since Year One of my retirement. I have favorite activities but the newness excitement has worn off. If I miss an annual event, it doesn’t bother me because I’ve done it already. I’m more choosy now. I don’t have to do everything. Plus, classes, school breaks, club meetings, weather conditions, appointments have established replacement routines. People who have moved in retirement, do you feel the same way? After you are in the new place for about two years, are you more picky about how you spend your time and have you’ve developed new routines?
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I've been retired for 7 1/2 years. We moved across country in 2012 to a new town. We had been traveling to this area for about a decade already, so it has not been a total shock. I don't feel that I have really explored the town and its surrounds as much as I'd like to. We know a bit more about the state, but we aren't as familiar with it as I'd like to be. We like our town for the most part. It helps that we are now a lot closer to family members. I am not in love with it, but it has some advantages to a large town.
We have kept similar routines to before the move, with the exception of visits to a community fitness center. We enjoy working out there, and we try to make it 3 times a week.
In terms of spending my time, I seem to have acquired new duties here, and my time is not often my own. I have to fight resentment about this all the time. But I can't live in a cave, and I have made friends I want to be in contact with, so I keep some commitments.
I haven't really lost interest in where I live. But I don't feel that I have fully engaged here. But I am further along that I was this time last year.
Sounds boring to me, but I'm a good 30 years from 58 so who knows-maybe boring will be the new fun for me by then. My hunch is that i'll still be happily working at 58, but hopefully with bigger paychecks and longer vacations!
Yes, I never thought about retirement at your age. Just wait, I think your thoughts about it will be very different as you age.
Really enjoyed your post. I retired 16 months ago from government service (at 64.5, (FERS)). For the first few months I would think on Sunday night, "Tomorrow is Monday, i used to have to go to bed early in order to get up at 4:40." Now, Sunday night comes and I don't even give it a second thought. Don't know when this happened, it just did. I, too, take naps when I'm tired, which is usually everyday. What I love about retirement is the lack of pressure. I pretty much do what I want, when I want, if I want. It really is like a perpetual vacation!
After reading these posts I feel more assured. Most people enjoy retirement. i did not.
Next time I'll make a plan how I'll spend my time. Sitting home on the couch is not an option.
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