Does this sound right? (NON VALK)

[mbramley]

 I have made it to the year of my retirement. The plan is for the end of October will be my last day. As I'm getting older the kids are all grown and on their own. This means I have twice as much time to do things, but it takes me 3 times as long to do them. When I retire i should have 3 times the time to do things but at the rate things are going it will take me 4-5 times as long to get them done. So that means I will always be behind at getting things done. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT HERE! Does this sound right, what am I doing wrong here?

[GiG]

Yep, sounds right, Buddy!
It now takes me an hour & half to watch “60 Minutes”   

[old2soon]

     You WILL git used to it. The saving grace be you will Now have more time to RIDE! And before you mention the honey do list recall I ae single and do NOT any longer have that honey do list!  Sometimes ya justt gotta throw a leg over and GO!  RIDE SAFE.

[Jess from VA]

I know your post was in jest, but may have some seriousness too.

First, retirement is something you earned with a lifetime of work, and the first rule is to enjoy it.

I will NEVER work for wages again (because I don't have to and don't want to), but I like to work (or putter, tinker, fix, repair, clean, etc......... but I never touch an iron.   

I've been a list maker all my life.  Some things are more important than others, some take more time than others, some are more enjoyable than others.  Prioritize your list, but mix in pleasure and enjoyment with hard work and crummy stuff.

After 14 years of this, I have to work at finding things to keep me busy.  All the really hard stuff is done, and I'm pretty proud of it.  When I run out of things to do I pull out my list and suddenly there is something to do. 

Also, I have no wife or partner to worry about.  But if you have one, one of your jobs is not to drive her crazy in your retirement (it happens).  Speaking from experience, having a crazy woman around the house gets old really quickly.  It can get real expensive if they decide to leave too.  So keep her happy.  Happy wife, happy life is no joke.

Congratulations Sir.   

[Jersey mike]

Congratulations and all the best of wishes and good things that go with it.

The best part about coming to that conclusion is the time you get beforehand to do a “little planning” on things you’d like to do when the time comes.

Have a hobby? How can that work toward your advantage and maybe earn a few bucks.

Like to ride a lot? Start looking at what your first couple day trips/ overnight trips can be and routes you’d take…roads less traveled.

Need some home improvement? What can *YOU* do, what needs a contractor, budgets and style and time involved.

Get any health issues started now so when you’re done working the ball is already in motion and your first few months of retirement aren’t daily trips to doctors.

Wishing you all the best and may you be happy and busy…or as busy as you want to be.

[POPS 57]

I get up in the morning with nothing to do. And by the end of the day, I'm only half done. Also, there's six Saturdays and one Sundays every week.   

[F6Dave]

A friend once warned me that when you retire, you end up spending lots of time on mindless activities like filing old paperwork. So making plans is important. He also warned that your activities when retired may closely resemble those before retirement, so don't wait to stary a new hobby. There's a lot of truth there.
 
I was lucky to have a career doing something I really love: writing computer software. To me it was always like solving a puzzle or playing a game. It took me 15 years after college to finally get a programming job (there weren't many in the '70s) but once I did I never minded working.

I'm mostly retired now but still do some consulting. I told a client I'd probably do it for free. So when a company I used to work for asked me to help with a big project, I didn't hesitate to say yes. It's been a good mental workout as much has changed in the industry since I left 4 years ago.