Been feeling every now and then "what now-ish" as I go thru my day. Jump around alot. Just straightened a bulletin board. Updated our nine laptops/pcs this afternoon. Restarted knitting project started several yrs ago. Sewing table easily accessible as of today. Bunch of new fiction books stacked, one started. Created action plan for improving art skills. All of this and some talking bout how good this feels. Then sneaking thot that i'm trying to convince myself. Just will be glad when worklife is farther out of my mind. Hard to shift from doing to being. But i really dont envy my colleagues who are back at it after holidays. Just trying to figute out what i'm "at". I feel bread making coming on...
Like REWahoo says, pace yourself. This is a marathon, not a sprint.Here's your problem right here:
Once you're really retired - both mentally and physically - you'll no longer have the nasty urge to have "action plans" or wonder "what now". I found the best tool to adjust to retirement was to remind myself when I got up each morning that I really didn't have to do a darn thing that day if I didn't want to...
On that subject, maybe you should exercise more-- or at least walk around the neighborhood for an hour a day.
If you find yourself using the words "mission", "vision", "synergy", or "proactive" then you should immediately lie down and take a nap.
If this retirement hyperactivity persists for longer than four hours, then come over here to help me with yardwork...