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I think it's hard to know before you retire what activity you'll most want to do post-retirement.
There are activities we pursue to release stress from work, sometimes without realizing it. Once work is out of the picture, that counterbalance might lose its attraction.
I mention this because I see a fair number of posts by pre-retirees that say something along the lines of "I want to spend a lot of my time in retirement doing _________." To my mind, that's work talking. They might feel differently once they retire.
For example, throughout much of my work life, I collected memorabilia. It relaxed me. Once I retired, I lost almost all interest, and now my focus is on selling most of what I collected.
Do you have a similar story?
There are activities we pursue to release stress from work, sometimes without realizing it. Once work is out of the picture, that counterbalance might lose its attraction.
I mention this because I see a fair number of posts by pre-retirees that say something along the lines of "I want to spend a lot of my time in retirement doing _________." To my mind, that's work talking. They might feel differently once they retire.
For example, throughout much of my work life, I collected memorabilia. It relaxed me. Once I retired, I lost almost all interest, and now my focus is on selling most of what I collected.
Do you have a similar story?