Schedules in retirement.

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Ellwood970

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I keep no schedules, not for when to sleep, get up, eat, go out, etc. I sometimes get up early I sometimes stay in bed till 1 PM. I sometimes go to bed at 8 or 9 PM and sometimes stay up till 3 or 4 AM. Some people say this is not normal, and if we want to stay healthy we must stay on a schedule. I exercise when I want to, I eat when I want to. I am relatively healthy at 73 years old, no major health problems or complaints. Can anyone relate to this abnormal existence?
 

Ellwood970 said:
I keep no schedules, not for when to sleep, get up, eat, go out, etc. I sometimes get up early I sometimes stay in bed till 1 PM. I sometimes go to bed at 8 or 9 PM and sometimes stay up till 3 or 4 AM. Some people say this is not normal, and if we want to stay healthy we must stay on a schedule. I exercise when I want to, I eat when I want to. I am relatively healthy at 73 years old, no major health problems or complaints. Can anyone relate to this abnormal existence?
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Yep, I can definitely relate to this. For years my mantra for retirement was "I'll get up when I feel like getting up and I'll go to bed when I feel like going to bed and I'll take a nap when I'm sleepy and I'll eat when I'm hungry!"

It works for me.

The Spousal Equivalent, on the other hand, has a very regimented life. He goes to bed at exactly the same time every night, not one minute later. He gets up at the same time. He doesn't nap (well, he won't admit to napping but I've caught him "resting his eyes" in the lounger and for some reason, he's snoring.) Meals have a set time.
 
Pecos said:
Around here, I am afraid that the furry members of our house set the schedule.
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Somehow, one of the dogs seems to be at odds with my "non-scheduling". He is a bit flexible. Feeding him at any time between 7 and 7:30 AM is acceptable. Ant time after 7:30 is un-acceptable and requires a whining fit just outside of the bedroom door.

My wife can tolerate it better than I so it falls to me to end his misery. In the late afternoon, (5 PM) he'll arrive at wherever I am in the house, or wait at the back door if I'm outside. Not so much whining as bouncing around with frantic tail-wagging.

Aside from this I'm pretty scattered and schedule-less.
 
Unless we have some kind of appointment on our calendar, we pretty much just do as we please. We've always got some "chores" to keep us busy, and we seldom run out of things to do. If we feel "caught up" we sometimes just go for a nice drive, or take a quick trip to the casino. After decades of living with the alarm clock, it's nice to wake up when we feel like it.
 
I keep an appointment calendar for when to go see the medicine man, dentist, etc.
It is also a diary for when I did certain things. It is handy and it doesn't forget.
 
I rise early always have, but unless i check the calendar I will say is today Tuesday? feels like Thursday, or Monday or what ever. except for Sunday we go to church so the weekend seams busy. I do like to ride an hour a day on my bike and take a swim..
 
I keep a loose schedule. I go to bed about 2:00 AM, get up around 8:00, do some chores, have brunch, and then nap for a few hours. I have a sleep disorder, so I always need a nap. Otherwise, I feel like crap.
 


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