A Problem with Retirement (Page 2): My main project is to allow the 20 min to turn on the TV, get some chips, a drink, and sit down to get ready to watch more TV. I'm already retired...

sye Loc: The Old Dominion Near DC

My main project is to allow the 20 min to turn on the TV, get some chips, a drink, and sit down to get ready to watch more TV. I'm already retired !!!

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

damn, you work 10 hrs, spend an hour behind the wheel, and they want to dump more work on you. they want you to work until you are 70 or die on the job, tieing it up so young workers have no openings.
the way to do it right.
1 go on pension from 18-35.
2 get laid, drunk, eat lobster every day, and travel for free.
3 get married and start family at 36.
4 work until you drop, because you've had enough fun for a lifetime.

Indi Loc: L. I., NY, Palm Beach Cty when it's cold.

jerryc41 wrote:

Yes, retirement is great, but it's not perfect. This article recommends getting right into a project when you get home from work. Don't relax and lose your edge. Get right to it! How are retirees supposed to do that? Our whole day is one of relaxation. :D

http://lifehacker.com/set-aside-20-minutes-for-personal-projects-to-avoid-cra-1708844429

I don't know about you, but my days are full. I'm busier now than I was before I retired.
In addition to regular chores; cleaning, sweeping, power washing, garbage, baby sitting, etc., there's the dreaded Honey Do List.
Currently we are remodeling our master bath so I had to paint the ceiling. Yesterday I had to clean up the mess from that.
Also, I spend about 1/2 hour here on UHH, another hour doing other things online. (No, NOT porn.)
Plus, in our family, there's always some occasion almost every weekend.

Jerry, are you not married? Do you have grandchildren?

Wish my wife was still working. :(

AndyCE Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

AlMac wrote:

Now that I am retired, I wonder how I ever found time to go to work!

Now that was funny! :thumbup: I think I'll use that when I retire!
Andy

bodacious Loc: Oregon

jerryc41 wrote:

Yes, retirement is great, but it's not perfect. This article recommends getting right into a project when you get home from work. Don't relax and lose your edge. Get right to it! How are retirees supposed to do that? Our whole day is one of relaxation. :D

http://lifehacker.com/set-aside-20-minutes-for-personal-projects-to-avoid-cra-1708844429

Been working on the retirement stuff so long it's becoming retardment and reboredment instead. Good article to get me off my donkey Jerry.

Past Pro Loc: Spring Hill, Florida

AlMac wrote:

Now that I am retired, I wonder how I ever found time to go to work!

Boy, that's for sure!!!!!!

mlj Loc: Anderson, SC

jerryc41 wrote:

Yes, retirement is great, but it's not perfect. This article recommends getting right into a project when you get home from work. Don't relax and lose your edge. Get right to it! How are retirees supposed to do that? Our whole day is one of relaxation. :D

http://lifehacker.com/set-aside-20-minutes-for-personal-projects-to-avoid-cra-1708844429

I retired a week ago today. And, I didn't let the door hit me in the a### as I left. Now I am selling my home and moving out of the area. I am ready to travel and become a better photographer.

bugz198585 Loc: South Dakota, EX Long Islander NY, Florida,

Retirement is GREAT

mlj Loc: Anderson, SC

I am hoping so! Once I get my house sold, I can begin to decompress.

Bluegrassfan Loc: Kentucky

I retired 31 May 2014. I retired to take care of my dad; to save him money. He passed away on 18 May 2015. I am ending a one week vacation this weekend, heading back to Kentucky from Myrtle Beach, SC. My new project is cleaning out my house that was rented to what was discovered to be a hoarder. I will be sorting out my remaining things there from his. He never came back to get his stuff. Then I have to put a new roof on my house, replace the back and front porches and repair basement water damage (the sump pump quit working -- only had about four inches). My sister, brother and I have to go through Dad's estate probate. I'm selling my house to pay them for each of their one-third of Dad's house. Then i have work on that house. Hopefully someday I'll get to relax. The past week has helped a little.

Himat Loc: Toronto

I agree very much!

Harvey Loc: Pioneer, CA

jerryc41 wrote:

Yes, retirement is great, but it's not perfect. This article recommends getting right into a project when you get home from work. Don't relax and lose your edge. Get right to it! How are retirees supposed to do that? Our whole day is one of relaxation. :D

http://lifehacker.com/set-aside-20-minutes-for-personal-projects-to-avoid-cra-1708844429

When I am ask what I do to keep busy and not get bored in retirement - 15 yrs now - I tell them I have too many hobbies to get bored. Fishing, Hunting, Photography, wood work and auto upkeep and last of all BSing on the internet.
Many times while living in Puerto Morelos, MX - a fishing Village 25 mi So. of Cancun - people would ask what I did there to keep from getting bored - well the answer was simple - "Whatever I Want to" as the list was so long.

Way2slk Loc: Bluffton SC

I highly recommend the retired life. I play cards, golf, travel, photography, bocce ball, tried pickleball (wife broke her wrist trying that one) and helping out in the neighborhood. We love Sun City Hilton Head.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

jerryc41 wrote:

Yes, retirement is great, but it's not perfect. This article recommends getting right into a project when you get home from work. Don't relax and lose your edge. Get right to it! How are retirees supposed to do that? Our whole day is one of relaxation. :D

http://lifehacker.com/set-aside-20-minutes-for-personal-projects-to-avoid-cra-1708844429

Work expands to fill the time and space allotted for it.

BassmanBruce Loc: Middle of the Mitten

burkphoto wrote:

Work expands to fill the time and space allotted for it.

Been retired 2 years, when I get up in the morning I don't have a thing to do for the day, when I go to bed, I'm only half done! :lol: :thumbup: :thumbup: