Most of the things I figured I do in retirement haven't worked out - yet

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packrat

MS-newbie
Location
new england
Having retired recently, I looked around the house and concluded
I have too many interests. Figuring out what to junk is my challenge.

Most the things I figured I do in retirement just don't seem to interest me
at the moment. For example, I have a wooden boat model - etc...

The very old computer has games that just don't work right on the newer one.
I don't play those old games often, but if I toss that computer, well, there's a
ton of stuff to go with it.

Thing is, will I regret it later?

This has to be a common retirement problem. How did you guys handle it?
What I thought I'd do after I retired, just isn't what I'm doing - ah YET.
 

I have a Win 98a computer in a box in the garage, a Win XP computer in a box in the garage, a Win 7 on my desk getting close to retirement age and a Win 8.1 laptop I use mostly. I hate to throw them away, they all work. I donated a Win 95 in the past.
 
Weather permitting I get outside as much as possible..Computer stuff gets put away for early morning or rainy days.

I am lucky enough to have 3 or 4 neighbors who are alos retired. We get out working on projects of each other, we go fishing as much as possible, we have card games at each others homes, we go out to breakfast/lunch to small towns around our location. When one of us want to run into town for something, we call another to join just to get out.

Plenty to do if you want..Go for it, keep active!!
 
AZ Jim said:
I have a Win 98a computer in a box in the garage, a Win XP computer in a box in the garage, a Win 7 on my desk getting close to retirement age and a Win 8.1 laptop I use mostly. I hate to throw them away, they all work. I donated a Win 95 in the past.
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Be Very Careful when getting rid of an old computer. The best thing to do is take the hard drive out, and mutilate it thoroughly with a big hammer. Merely erasing your files, and/or doing a "format" still allows someone knowledgeable to capture your personal information....including passwords, and any financial data you may have on your HD.
 
I overwrite old hard drives in laptops I'm selling with the shred command while running a Linux Live CD. That is sufficient, save for the NSA or Mossad wanting to [attempt] a clean room data recovery. In old desktop machines the hard drive is easily removed, so physical destruction is easier(and more fun) if the hard drive is too old to have a resale value.
 
I am presently in the process of trying to clear out stuff that I really don't need or want. Funny how much of that stuff accumulates. This time I am being brutally honest about whether I "need" the thing or not. It's not as easy as it sounds to clear out stuff. But I'm workin' on it.
 
I spent the first three years tidying the garage.

After that I was exhausted!

Maybe in a couple more years I'll start cataloguing my photograph collection.
 

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