Is Retirement The Way You Thought It Would Be For You?

I met with the hospice volunteer coordinator this morning for about an hour. It was a good interview which will now proceed to them checking references. Not sure if I'll end up doing administrative work (helping her with process improvement and data management) or working with patients. I mentioned how I'd put together a slideshow after my father-in-law passed in December and she thought it would be great to offer that to families and patients in hospice. It's something I'm happy to do and have a real interest in. It was nice to feel needed and wanted. I suspect this will be something that I get some satisfaction from once I begin, possibly as early as this month.
 
Is retirement for you the way you imagined when you were younger?

Is retirement for you the way you imagined when you were younger?
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I certainly had expectations of what retirement would be like but unfortunately it hasn't worked out that way. I hope to still travel around Australia because there are so many places I want to see. I did go on a camping trip along the Birdsville Track with 2 friends which was fun but it went too quick and I wanted to stop on the way back at the country towns and do some sightseeing but one of the others was in a hurry to get back.

We have a few family issues which takes priority over everything else so I'm hoping things work out and then I/We can get away.

Reading some of the other stories it seems that my experience isn't unique.

cheers
Greg
 
Not having to get up and go to work was a dream of mine for a long time. I had worked since I was 16. Even so I didn't start seriously planning and "running the numbers" on how I would manage until I was about 48. I retired one month before my 51st birthday. I've been a saver since I was in my 20's and an investor since my late 30's. Retirement was busy the first few years. I had an aging, ailing mother. I took her to her appointments, ran errands for her, etc. I babysat my youngest grandchildren. After my mother passed, things slowed down a bit but I was still busy for another couple of years. I finally started slowing down and enjoying "smelling the roses" about 2009, 11 years after my retirement. Due to a pension, then finally...Social Security, I live a comfortable retirement and travel frequently. It took awhile but retirement is probably better than I imagined it would be.
 
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