Retired? - How do you spend your day?
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Depends on your disposable. If you've got plenty then do loads of travelling.
I've sort of been retired for the last 4 years, although I'm only 35 and will need to go back to work at some point.
Its amazing how walking the dog and an hour at the gym becomes a full day. Your perspective gets warped somewhat.
I've sort of been retired for the last 4 years, although I'm only 35 and will need to go back to work at some point.
Its amazing how walking the dog and an hour at the gym becomes a full day. Your perspective gets warped somewhat.
ChocolateFrog said:
Depends on your disposable. If you've got plenty then do loads of travelling.
I've sort of been retired for the last 4 years, although I'm only 35 and will need to go back to work at some point.
Its amazing how walking the dog and an hour at the gym becomes a full day. Your perspective gets warped somewhat.
Jesus. You are a lucky and rich bI've sort of been retired for the last 4 years, although I'm only 35 and will need to go back to work at some point.
Its amazing how walking the dog and an hour at the gym becomes a full day. Your perspective gets warped somewhat.
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I could quite happily entertain myself 3 or 4 days a week by myself (playing games). Otherwise, having the girlfriend dragging you to social events would fill out the rest of the time I'm sure!
Travelling would be amazing but like you say depends on budget.
I sort of retired 7 years ago aged 43 & the missus followed me 4 years ago.
We still own 3 businesses but have little to do with them on a day to day basis, but admin/banking/maintenance/other s
te probably takes 3-4 hours a week, just enough to give us something to do.As others have said, dog walking & the gym etc can take up over half the day, with stuff that comes up filling most of the rest of it. We spend a lot of our time outside & appreciate the seasons, but still go abroad 5-6 times a year to feel the sun on our backs.
At some point in the next few years we’ll sell our businesses & retire properly, but right now the balance of our life is pretty much perfect.
3 months into a planned early retirement and loving it. Time becomes more elastic and I find I can easily fill my days doing all the jobs that have been put off due to work and making the changes to things I never had the time to do before. I have being doing a lot of decorating the house and re-landscaping the garden when the weather permits. I have a list of things to do that will keep me busy for a long time. I am planning to get a car lift soon so that I can do a bit more car things too. The fishing season starts in a week or so and I shall be taking full advantage of being able to drop everything else and go fishing. Retirement is a great thing in my opinion.
ChocolateFrog said:
Depends on your disposable. If you've got plenty then do loads of travelling.
I'vesort of been retired dossing for the last 4 years, although I'm only 35 savings are running out and will need to go back to work at some point.
Its amazing how walking the dog and an hour at the gym becomes a full day. Your perspective gets warped somewhat.
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Its amazing how walking the dog and an hour at the gym becomes a full day. Your perspective gets warped somewhat.
We moved from London to North Devon a week after I retired aged 63.
We walk the dog, do diy, shop, all the stuff we did before. The difference is we have a relatively huge garden which needs a lot of care in the summer months, that takes up a lot of time.
My wife has made loads of new friends and joined a choir and that leads on to various group activities. I've joined a shooting club and do some of the maintenance and repair work there. Plus I'm learning to reload my own ammo and make my own balls for my black powder revolver. We socialise with fellow members a lot.
We spend a huge part of our limited income on petrol. The doctor is 8 miles, the beach is 6, Asda is about 4. Everything we do takes time and money.
If we were ever to get bored we can watch the rain. It is North Devon after all.
Retirement? Best job I ever had.
We walk the dog, do diy, shop, all the stuff we did before. The difference is we have a relatively huge garden which needs a lot of care in the summer months, that takes up a lot of time.
My wife has made loads of new friends and joined a choir and that leads on to various group activities. I've joined a shooting club and do some of the maintenance and repair work there. Plus I'm learning to reload my own ammo and make my own balls for my black powder revolver. We socialise with fellow members a lot.
We spend a huge part of our limited income on petrol. The doctor is 8 miles, the beach is 6, Asda is about 4. Everything we do takes time and money.
If we were ever to get bored we can watch the rain. It is North Devon after all.
Retirement? Best job I ever had.
SimonTheSailor said:
Yes, go travelling, explore.
Doesn't have to be expensive if you go away longer term. Living in SE Asia is really cheap......and amazing.
Please don't get a new hobby of model making just because you thought you had to have a new hobby.
Hey, what's wrong with model making? Doesn't have to be expensive if you go away longer term. Living in SE Asia is really cheap......and amazing.
Please don't get a new hobby of model making just because you thought you had to have a new hobby.
I went to Geneva yesterday to mooch around the shiny cars.
I've got a fundraiser quiz night thingy tonight but which will involve beer so it's not as bad as it sounds. However, first I have to ferry my daughter to collect her repaired car this afternoon.
Tomorrow means helping a friend clear out his garage and that might also develop into an event that includes beer.
It's not been a busy week but I might rest on Sunday.
(*Craig David circa 1999 before rewrite)
I've got a fundraiser quiz night thingy tonight but which will involve beer so it's not as bad as it sounds. However, first I have to ferry my daughter to collect her repaired car this afternoon.
Tomorrow means helping a friend clear out his garage and that might also develop into an event that includes beer.
It's not been a busy week but I might rest on Sunday.
(*Craig David circa 1999 before rewrite)
I stopped working day to day in my mid forties. I spent ten years doing what I wanted, then got bored. I felt unfulfilled.
So, I went back to university aged 56, earned myself a psychology Masters and I now work as an addiction psychotherapist in a psychiatric hospital.
The salary is laughably poor, however, the job satisfaction is huge.
So, I went back to university aged 56, earned myself a psychology Masters and I now work as an addiction psychotherapist in a psychiatric hospital.
The salary is laughably poor, however, the job satisfaction is huge.
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