Recent content by hikerpoet

great thread and ideas! mine are the following: - a longer walk/hike/bike - cook a new recipe from scratch - journal, creative writing - visit and play with grandchildren - lunch/dinner with friend - re-organize/deep-clean house. - personal grooming - meditation

I am into the 4th month after an early retirement, loving it so far. Hope you enjoy this poem on it. ( This is my budding retirement hobby ) An Early Retirement ————————— Endless meetings, crazy deadlines long commutes and traffic jams constant stream of Sisyphean tasks of course it was not...

I put in the notice on Feb 19, 2021 I am 58M, divorced, and plan to get SS at 62. I retired from my IT career of 30+ years, as a software developer. on COBRA for now, and ACA afterwards ( hopefully with lot of subsides due to lower income ) I am still adjusting to the new life. I fall into the...

I have been programming since '81, first one being a deck of cards written in FORTRAN for a mainframe. Last project was Single Page App in ReactJS and cloud. It has been a long journey. Software Engineer at various companies for over 30 years, never went to management, since loved coding more...