Here are the 10 things that surprised the author about early retirement:
1. Mondays become the best day of the week.
2. My colleagues can't accept that I'm retired.
3. I'm busier than ever.
4. I'm in the best physical shape of my life.
5. I've gotten very comfortable wearing casual clothes.
6. My family relationships are much better.
7. I'm learning and growing more than ever.
8. I can't go back to work anymore.
9. The stress is gone.
10. I've turned into a morning person.
Most of them are absolutely correct in my case and I have to give this guy a pat on the back for actually knowing what he is writing about. In my case there are only a few exceptions:
Number 2 is an exception because I haven't maintained any contact with my colleagues. I would assume that would be the case, though, if I contacted any of them.
Number 4 was true until I hit age 67 and I have experience considerable decline since that age.
Number 6 would be true if any of my family lived around here and if so many of them weren't dead already.
Number 10 is interesting. All my life I thought I was a morning person, but until I retired, between work and school I never had the option of determining my sleep schedule. Now that I can, I find that I am actually a night person after all. Who knew?