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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 1/17/2025
It’s Friday, I drove 5-1/2.hours yesterday to get to my happy place – yeah, Cape Cod. We are here for a few days.
It’s very quiet, silent is a good word and it snowed an inch or so last night.
But as I sit here, I’m thinking what do we have to do today? Yesterday before leaving NJ there was a doctors appointment. Today there is nothing, I feel like there should be something to do, somewhere to go.
Fifteen years retired and the idea of nothing to do can be annoying. It sure is a long glide path from the days I was in the office at 6:00 AM and left twelve hours later.
I suppose I could read a book, or walk the dog – if I had a dog. I could walk to the beach- but risk slipping on the snow?
One thing I will do is explore what is happening in the world via my remaining iPad. My older, smaller, lighter one conked out yesterday. There is something to do, go buy a replacement.
If I am giving the impression retirement is boring-not so. Actually, every day seems filled with something, even the mundane. The fact is today we will go shopping at some point.
I don’t mind grocery shopping, my watch tells me I get a lot of steps in walking up and down the aisles. That’s not all by chance. I make a list, but when I get to the store I try to remember it without looking. That often leads to backtracking all over the store when I finally check the list. Clever, right? Who else but a senior citizen would do that?
Next week will be busy, my car needs service and we will be packing – that’s is Connie will, for our drive to Florida.
I once dreamed of playing golf every day. The reality is I play two days a week 7-8 months of the year. Guess what, that’s enough for me.
Anything you want to do or not do is fine, no pressure – except if you promised to do a few DIY projects around the house. You’re on your own. Luckily I have been banned from such projects and one son enjoys doing them.
The thing is, retirement doesn’t need an activity plan, boredom probably is not a worry and you may welcome do nothing days as I do.
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