loosehead
Dryer sheet wannabe
Well, I've now been retired since September 1st. And frankly, it has not set in as yet. Right now I feel as if I'm engaging in a long vacation, certainly not retirement. A friend who has been retired over 8 years says it takes at least a year to get into a "retiree" groove, where one "revels" in the beauty of being retired and begins to move forward. I guess I've only felt that once, when I was lunching at a spot where most of the men were wearing ties and I was in shorts and flip flops...but it was ephemeral.
Certaily being busy has not been an issue. Hell, I'm wondering now how I ever got personal issues resolved in the past while working. I have a whole laundry list of activities in retirement I want to accomplish, almost all of which I've yet to start. That said, since August we've sold the house, moved to a leased home, and totally reconfigured our short-long term investments. And, I know I still have a lot of post-corporate decompression remaining.
I guess what I am really asking is what has been your experience insofar as leaving work behind and getting into the flow of the retiree's life?
Thanks,
Loosehead
Certaily being busy has not been an issue. Hell, I'm wondering now how I ever got personal issues resolved in the past while working. I have a whole laundry list of activities in retirement I want to accomplish, almost all of which I've yet to start. That said, since August we've sold the house, moved to a leased home, and totally reconfigured our short-long term investments. And, I know I still have a lot of post-corporate decompression remaining.
I guess what I am really asking is what has been your experience insofar as leaving work behind and getting into the flow of the retiree's life?
Thanks,
Loosehead