I am going to get that book. I'm also going to stick around and see what others might be saying. Thanks.
I am glad you are going to get that book, because I have heard it is terrific.
I had a very easy adjustment, but those last few weeks before retirement can be a little nerve-wracking. Questions arising from my uncertainty came to my mind like, "Will it happen?", "Will something unexpected prevent me from retiring?", "Am I old and irrelevant?", and "Am I really financially ready?". I can imagine how this barrage of self-talk could become overwhelming, especially if anything even a little negative really did happen to set me off. Just a thoughtless or unkind word from someone early in my retirement might have freaked me out, in that fairly twitchy state of mind. Luckily that did not happen, but it could have.
Oh, did I mention that I felt kind of lost? No direction, nothing that I had to do, free to be me!
I didn't know what to do next (but I resolved that feeling by going to the gym or shopping when I felt "at sea" like that).
Cut yourself a little slack - - adjustment to retirement is a big accomplishment and sometimes takes a while. Your feelings don't mean that you made a mistake; they just mean that you are going to relax, unwind, think about your decision, and hopefully come to some sort of peace with it.