Why I like retirement
Feb 18, 2020 08:07:27 #
melismus wrote:
I'm with you, Chuck. I am almost 92, busy every day, and know I'll not have time to get it all done.
Keep going. Retirement doesn’t mean it’s over It just another chapter in our lives
Feb 18, 2020 08:09:11 #
Feb 18, 2020 08:12:19 #
jhkfly wrote:
From this I've drawn a not unreasonable conclusion: when one's mind no longer has a purpose, a specific goal, and a commitment to achieve it, one's body is no longer needed, and rapidly deteriorates.
From this I've drawn a not unreasonable conclusion: when one's mind no longer has a purpose, a specific goal, and a commitment to achieve it, one's body is no longer needed, and rapidly deteriorates.
I totally agree. One of the reason many of us at least me are on this blog is because we try to use some of our time to create something beautiful or unusual. Keeping the mind sharpe
Feb 18, 2020 08:14:50 #
All very good, and mostly true....
My last "very old" patient of 104 used to say: "Everyone makes a big deal of me being 104, but frankly, I don't recommend it".
My last "very old" patient of 104 used to say: "Everyone makes a big deal of me being 104, but frankly, I don't recommend it".
Feb 18, 2020 08:49:38 #
Please don't sit down! If you do you will listen to your arteries harden!
Feb 18, 2020 09:00:47 #
sb wrote:
All very good, and mostly true....
My last "very old" patient of 104 used to say: "Everyone makes a big deal of me being 104, but frankly, I don't recommend it".
My last "very old" patient of 104 used to say: "Everyone makes a big deal of me being 104, but frankly, I don't recommend it".
Well I am planning on going to 100
Feb 18, 2020 09:02:21 #
DAN Phillips wrote:
Please don't sit down! If you do you will listen to your arteries harden!
Yup if I don’t keep moving every so often my joints will forget they are suppose to be flexible
Feb 18, 2020 09:12:42 #
NJFrank wrote:
Sorry to hear that. I hope you were able to find something to do to fill the void.
Thanks. It was not a very serious injury. It just kept me out of the OR, so I had to retire.
Feb 18, 2020 09:57:11 #
Feb 18, 2020 10:12:25 #
I agree with you all; retirement agrees with me. 5 years into it. I do more satisfying and fulfilling things now than I ever thought I would. I should have listened to my wife when she wanted me to retire years before I did. Of course, now I run all the errands, cook, pay bills, make the phone calls, etc. Maybe she got more out of the deal than I. Still, retirement is great.
Feb 18, 2020 10:33:14 #
Feb 18, 2020 10:36:52 #
CWGordon wrote:
I agree with you all; retirement agrees with me. 5 years into it. I do more satisfying and fulfilling things now than I ever thought I would. I should have listened to my wife when she wanted me to retire years before I did. Of course, now I run all the errands, cook, pay bills, make the phone calls, etc. Maybe she got more out of the deal than I. Still, retirement is great.
Some people hate to retire. They feel it is all over and no longer have an identity . Nothing for them to look forward to. I am certainly not one in that category.
Feb 18, 2020 13:38:04 #
OK, now those are funny! Too close to home, perhaps, but funny nonetheless! 
Feb 18, 2020 13:57:49 #
tommystrat wrote:
OK, now those are funny! Too close to home, perhaps, but funny nonetheless!
Glad you saw the humor in them. Nothing wrong with laughing at ourselves once in awhile as well as laughing at others. I think more humor in the world would solve a lot of problems.
Feb 18, 2020 14:21:51 #
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