I’m a week into my retirement and I’m feeling very unqualified to answer the many questions I’ve been asked. How does it feel being retired? What’s it like? What’s your plan? Are you going back to work? How does you wife feel about having you home all day? And on and on…they never stop …but what’s worse is I don’t feel qualified yet to answer any of those questions… other than to say I Love it!
Really …I can say….so far so very, very good…
Love having time for myself…
Love spending more time with my wife and family…
Love not feeling rushed all the time…
Love having time to enjoy working out more….
Love getting things done around the house…
Love having Saturday ever day….
As I get more skilled in my new role, I hope I’ll feel more qualified to answer questions. To get better prepared I’m working on a set of retirement core competencies:
- Not sweating the small stuff
- Appreciating the little things
- Being grateful for life’s gifts
- Living in the moment
- Keeping a healthy relationship with others
- Avoiding all things stressful
- Maintaining a positive attitude – and smiling more (lately this has been a daily automatic response)
Maybe ….if I ever do decide to go back to work again (ya right) …I’ll be a more qualified candidate. But for right now I’m hoping to keep the job I have …Senior Retirement Rookie Well….Gotta run for now… its time for my extended coffee break..
The Bow Legged Blogger 
Reblogged this on Poltrack Pix and commented:
An important part of retirement is finding other retirees. Since you exercise, you’ll find yourself comparing notes about aches and pains. I love being able to swim laps during the week.
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