There comes a time in many retiree’s lives when the honeymoon phase is over. You’ve savored the release of work-related stress, you’ve done all the things you wanted to do (but couldn’t) when you were working, and you’ve luxuriated in setting your own schedule. But slowly you start to realize that: your days and weeks…
Author: runningintofire
For most of my career, I would pause on Fridays to take stock of my week. Instead of focusing on what I accomplished, I mentally catalogued all the work that didn’t get done, all the things that went wrong, and how much work I still needed to do. Then I would use that negative data…
Whenever I meet new people, they ask the inevitable question: “so…. what do you do?” And every time I say “I’m retired” I get a blank stare followed by one of three responses: the negative prediction: “that won’t last long” the declarative judgment: “you’re too young to be check out!” or the unsolicited encouragement: “don’t…