SteveR
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My wife gave me a Retirement clock at the surprise party she threw for me last Saturday. The clock has only the days of the week with a small spot on each day for Noon. I have it hanging in the basement office. Comes in handy when I forget what day it is.
My watch has not been worn since last Friday (my last day of work) and I don't miss it.
DW keeps asking me "how do you feel?"
My response has been "It tastes just like chicken". It seemed like an appropriate response considering how I see this thing called Retirement so far.
I have eaten many exotic foods at one time or another and the first thing my host would say prior to eating these things was "it tastes just like chicken". Frequently, there were very close to the truth. It was a familiar but also a unique flavor.
My retirement tastes like chicken. By that I mean that so far I feel like I am on vacation and not yet "retired". It has all the similar "flavor" of being on vacation..not going to work; sleeping late; piddling around the house; going shopping in the middle of the day; staying up until 1AM without regard for needed to wake up at a certain hour to go to work, etc.
The retired part of retirement is still elusive. I know it will come in time but there is a lot of stress yet to burn off before I feel truly relaxed. While my brain understands there is no more "work" to go my body seems to not yet believe it and stays keyed up.
It has only been three days and I know it will take a while to adjust and I need to be patient. Someone else stated in another thread that it took them 6 weeks or so to feel relaxed and "retired". I have a ways to go.
My watch has not been worn since last Friday (my last day of work) and I don't miss it.
DW keeps asking me "how do you feel?"
My response has been "It tastes just like chicken". It seemed like an appropriate response considering how I see this thing called Retirement so far.
I have eaten many exotic foods at one time or another and the first thing my host would say prior to eating these things was "it tastes just like chicken". Frequently, there were very close to the truth. It was a familiar but also a unique flavor.
My retirement tastes like chicken. By that I mean that so far I feel like I am on vacation and not yet "retired". It has all the similar "flavor" of being on vacation..not going to work; sleeping late; piddling around the house; going shopping in the middle of the day; staying up until 1AM without regard for needed to wake up at a certain hour to go to work, etc.
The retired part of retirement is still elusive. I know it will come in time but there is a lot of stress yet to burn off before I feel truly relaxed. While my brain understands there is no more "work" to go my body seems to not yet believe it and stays keyed up.
It has only been three days and I know it will take a while to adjust and I need to be patient. Someone else stated in another thread that it took them 6 weeks or so to feel relaxed and "retired". I have a ways to go.