Are You Flunking Retirement?

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Meanderer

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I am Flunking Retirement! by Lois Bushong


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I must be passing with flying colors, I never feared or was overwhelmed and confused on what I should do with my days after retirement. I worked and saved toward that day, looked forward to it, and breathed a sigh of relief when I finally made it there...early retirement. I had no debts and saved what I thought would get me through to my last day, still live within my means like I always did. In retirement I'm enjoying my life, doing what I want and when I want, and enjoying nature, something I had very little time to do during my working years, hard to do punching a clock and spending most of your days inside a building working for someone else to earn a paycheck.
 
I''m with you, SB! When I started working, I wasn't prepared and was not sure of what lay ahead. Forty years later, before I knew it I was anticipating retirement. Like all of life, my plans, as they were, lay in place, and we were trusting God to lead and guide us to the next adventure. Life has been good to us.
 
SeaBreeze said:
I must be passing with flying colors, I never feared or was overwhelmed and confused on what I should do with my days after retirement. I worked and saved toward that day, looked forward to it, and breathed a sigh of relief when I finally made it there...early retirement. I had no debts and saved what I thought would get me through to my last day, still live within my means like I always did. In retirement I'm enjoying my life, doing what I want and when I want, and enjoying nature, something I had very little time to do during my working years, hard to do punching a clock and spending most of your days inside a building working for someone else to earn a paycheck.
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Me too!

Not much has changed since I was made redundant and started living life in the slow lane.

My quiet little life is good.
 
I flunked retirement.

It's a boring existence unless you have as much money coming in as you used to have to do the things you always did.

I had to quit golf. Too expensive.

My friend says."Nothing to do and all day to do it in".
 
I’m rockin’ retirement. It was an easy transition for me as I was self employed so got to choose the ‘when’ and ‘how,’ which I loved. My husband isn’t retired yet which might be why I’m having such a good time. Haha. I tease him about it all the time.

He still has 5 years to go but I have to give him most of the credit for our great retirement plans. He’s been planning retirement since the day I met him almost 30 years ago. I have much to be grateful for.
 
I love being retired,7 yrs already,don't know where the time has gone.
I like having my own schedule, more time to do the things I truly enjoy doing:, my volunteer work,reading my books,going to the movies,walking a friend's dog. Sue
 
I was too happy to be retired to flunk. I do admit however, that I had separation anxiety and visited my office a couple of times a month for a few months. I had an "excuse" though...I sold handmade soaps and candles and had customers there. But really, I missed my work family. I also was very busy for several years taking care of my mom's needs as well as my own while still adjusting to "wife-hood". My husband and mother used to say I was busier in retirement than I was when I was working. After my mom passed, it still took me a couple of years to slow down. Somewhere in there I managed to compose and record an album. It's been 20 years since I retired and I'm still loving it.
 
Camper6 said:
I flunked retirement.

It's a boring existence unless you have as much money coming in as you used to have to do the things you always did.

I had to quit golf. Too expensive.


My friend says."Nothing to do and all day to do it in".
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We still golf, but all of our golfing has been and still is done on our Wii Game in our living room. ​
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Flunking must be a good thing. If what I'm doing in my retirement is called "flunking" then I want to flunk everyday...morning, noon, and night.

It's fun! When I wake up I only do the fun things I want to do...and throw in a few responsible things that add joy when completed. Unless I have a deadline, I don't worry about the responsible stuff that didn't get done because there's always more time tomorrow.
 
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