The transition from work to retirement....

[keedge]

I posted this in my "Linked In" account but thought it might be interesting to those who might be nearing retirement and thinking about how your work like mind might transition to your retirement mind.

This is taken in collaboration with AI. I fed in the details of my transition, and this is the list it came up with to show where my "work" mind transitioned into my "retirement" mind.

Work Engineering: Retirement Engineering:
Interrupt-driven Self-paced
External urgency Internal motivation
Someone else’s priorities Your priorities
On-call stress Optional iteration
Failure = escalation Failure = adjustment

 

[Gark]

Some, like me, adjust very quickly. Never looked back, starting the next day.
Some require time to adjust. Give yourself that transition time, we're programmed to "go, go. go"
but then - "now what"? How about testing some "you time" for a change?

 

[HoneyNut]

I would add:

Morning = Alarm Morning = Sleep

 

[horseless carriage]

Last September retirement called, I didn't ask to retire, at 79 I still enjoyed my working life. It was the company's insurers who, frothing at the mouth, freaked out about a 79-year-old employee.
Retirement hasn't been easy but I would hasten to add, don't let my experience put you off. My work was more of a paid hobby than a tedious bore.
Others have said that an interest, like my wife's love of dressmaking, fills the day and gives it a stimulus. To that end I have taken to writing, It helps. Good luck with your retirement, I do hope you enjoy it.