johndoe
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Retirement is great. You do what you want, when you want, if you want, but it gets to be the same-old, same-old after a while, and a little change is needed. Anyone working part time or volunteering?
absolutelyI took my 77 year old neighbor fishing yesterday, does that count as working with the elderly in my community??
My very limited experience with volunteering left a sour taste.
I found that I was doing the work that the paid employees should have been doing and being used as an unpaid underappreciated gofer.
I also have to admit that I had a little bit of a chip on my shoulder because I was actually more efficient and more dependable than the people that were on the paid staff.
If volunteering works for others that's great but it isn't for me.
When my health was better, I loved volunteering and delivered groceries to the needy and sometimes met them at a service station and put more gas in their tank. Did this for 6 yrs.Retirement is great. You do what you want, when you want, if you want, but it gets to be the same-old, same-old after a while, and a little change is needed. Anyone working part time or volunteering?
mike sounds like you are the one who needs to be on the receiving end of volunteer helpNot now, but thinking of doing it, maybe help the winter pass by... and might help me get out of bed with pain, and help me get going...
mike sounds like you are the one who needs to be on the receiving end of volunteer help
yeah maybe i fight mine too. not sure it is helping though. could fighting it be making it worse?Not yet, Buddy, I don't wanna let PAIN win... Fight with it almost every day, and most days end up as the winner... Only a few does it get me...
yeah maybe i fight mine too. not sure it is helping though. could fighting it be making it worse?