Frequent Musings

Tempus Fugit – It is hard to believe six years have passed since my last workday, it seems like only months, not years.  Retirement has been great for me.  When I retired, I was a bit concerned I may be bored due to my “workaholic” approach toward my job.  Boy was I wrong, I am enjoying retirement so much, I wonder how I found the time to work.  I go out every day, love movies, tech meetings, meeting with friends still working, and just sitting on a park bench on a nice, sunny day while listening to a John Grisham novel on my Sansa MP3 player.

I had all these grandiose projects I was going to accomplish in retirement since I would have all the additional time to fill each day.   I was going to review every piece of paper / gadget I have accumulated over my lifetime, scan the important documents, and discard / shred 95%+ of them.  Although I have had spurts of activity toward this goal,  I basically haven’t really started.  I am OK with this lack of progress because I am enjoying myself so much going out everyday.  I will eventually get to the project, but as long as I continue to enjoy going out every day, the project can wait.

Another important retirement goal was loosing weight.  Unfortunately, for the first 5 1/2 years I gained weight  but in the last 6 1/2 months I have lost 69 pounds, and weigh 25 pounds less today than six years ago.

A retirement goal that I am just starting to make progress on is the time I go to bed, and of course, get up.   I am basically a night owl, and for awhile, I was getting to bed at the time I used to get up when I was working.   I am now getting to bed a few hours earlier (2:30 – 3:30 am ), and getting up, and out for the day earlier.  I want to get to bed even earlier, and out earlier, but I am at least making some progress.

Overall, my retirement has been great, and am very pleased.  I will eventually get to the “review every document” project, but am no longer in any rush.