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I agree. Dogs keep me going. They always listen, come by to check on me and fun to hang out with. Picture below is there way of saying "come on old man get off the couch and play with us"
I worked a high pressure job for years where I was always multi-tasking to solve problems for the large programs I managed. I thought I would have a hard time with retirement (6 months now), but I haven't. Sure there are times I get bored, but I then think of stuff I could do. Like I have been researching Heat Pumps and dual fuel HVAC systems so I can make an educated purchase next year. I have a 50 year old Land Cruiser (avatar) I play with.
Lots of youtube videos to figure out how to do things or projects. Is there an Old car you always wanted? Learning while working on it can be fun and challenging.
On my 50 year old vehicle. I was having some issues with the fuel system and I had paid someone to install it. It just wasn't right so I spent time learning about fuel systems, my specific components and figured out they made a mistake in their install which I then corrected. The point here is there is something you are wondering about, or is annoying you or you want to know how something works, you can stretch yourself to do that.
Volunteer is good suggestion.
My wife talked me into buying a Kindle and you can download books from the library when ever you want them. I started reading a lot
A lot of things are about routine. Everyday I get up
Have my coffee while reading the Wall Streat Journal and local paper (on line). I then take the dogs on walk to the local Dog Park. From my front door that is a 4 mile roundtrip daily.
I try and do something inside or outside for at least an hour for maintenance, improvement or to just make sure they are working well. Some times these turn into multi day projects
I spend some time surfing the Internet or watching stuff on TV
My wife and I go to a movie, lunch or shopping. Doing this during the week is awesome with no crowds
I visit my kids, or other family or friends
I read my Kindle for an hour or two
Sometimes I sit in the chair in my study staring out the window thinking I am bored. There are things I could do I(advantage being a homeowner), but then I think about what a privilege it is to be bored and that I could choose to do something else if I wanted to. My choice to be bored or not. Not sure that makes sense, but knowing it is my choice to be bored makes it relaxing and then I choose to go do something else when I dont want to be bored anymore
A very nice read and especially like that last paragraph. We have choices to be bored or not to be bored. It is easier for introverts to adjust but we need to be self-motivated to not to be bored. If I'm bored, it is my fault because there is so many things I need to do and should do and new things I could search out to do. I think we can become lazy and feel sorry for what we gave up. I struggled the first year but not from boredom but lack of being around people. I made a change and that isn't an issue now.