A long-time friend of mine has just reached 'that' age when giving up full time employment begins to look like a very good idea. To be honest I reached that age when I was about 30, but one needs an income from somewhere...
And it is that need of income that keeps most of us in paid employment longer than maybe we need to. We like to be sure that we will have 'enough' for the rest of our lives, and it's not easy to estimate what 'enough' might be.
But, having finally made the decision to retire, we then look ahead at a life without the daily routine of going to work, and some find that scary, and even use it as a reason for keeping on working.
For me, I had no trouble at all shifting from one life to another, but then I sometimes wonder if I am retired at all after a day with a double turn-round, 5 beds to change, two bathrooms and kitchens to clean and a lawn or two to mow...
For my friend, Sara, making the decision to retire exercised her mind more than somewhat and now she is just on the edge of discovering that there are so many things she at last has time to do, that she wonders how she ever had time to go to work...
Sara started a blog a few weeks before she retired, and I think anyone who has recently retired, or who is coming-up to do so, will find her blog to be interesting reading. You will find it here.
Happy retirement Sara!
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Thank you for the reference to my blog....as a result I have already had 4 page views. I hope your audience find it of interest.
So far I have been far too busy to be bored what with the initial excitement of slowing up a bit and preparing for Christmas. Let's hope that continues though I expect the New Year will be a little different. We'll see.
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