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In reply to the discussion: a revelation about being retired. [View all]

llmart

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15. I retired this past January...
Mon Oct 15, 2018, 10:39 AM
Oct 2018

I decided to give myself a full year before I figured out how I would feel about not going to work any longer. It's now October and I'm finding out a few things about myself. I've often said that unless you're independently wealthy, you have either the money to do things but not the time or vice versa.

I've done a lot of volunteer work in my younger days and some of that I can no longer do because I'm older, so now I need to find something I can do where I don't feel tied to a regular schedule. So many of the volunteer opportunities want you to commit to a schedule and who wants that when they're retired?

Anyway, too much time on my hands isn't good either.

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