Posted on 10/14/2020 8:11:14 PM PDT by hiho hiho
Check out Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI). People over 50 teaching people over 50. Will be associated with a nearby university but now, with zoom classes, you can be anywhere. I take classes there and teach primarily Russian history but there are classes in literature, science, music, health, movies, etc.
I am retired. I read, go to gym and bike, play war games, build plastic models, do some technical illustration work for friends, take classes and am dabbling in learning Russian and relearning some German. Mu frau reads a lot, is a scrapbooking consultant and does zoom exercise classes. We cook a lot. Hopefully when we get back to face to face continue playing American mahjong and compete in various plastic model contests. I need prolong (Honorverse reference) to do everything I want to do.
The Grinch is my role model. I live alone with my dog.
Now, get off of my lawn.
I retired at 60. I teach and coach. Work around the house and travel.
I find this an odd question. And please, I mean no offense....but why would you ask strangers what you should do with your free time? Don’t you have any hobbies?
Offense not taken. No real hobbies as my work seems to be 24-7. I’ve loved my job! I used to find it so exciting that I used to have trouble sleeping before starting a new job. But the years have taken their toll and I am wanting change. The pandemic hasn’t helped either.
I thought I would die in the saddle (as have my workaholic ancestors).
Not retired, but my husband has fallen in love with fishing the last 10 years
DO a COMPLETE inventory of home while you are organizing. Keep a copy with a trusted friend in case of insurance claim needs. I even gave a copy to my insurance agent.
Every one has different needs/options when retired. There are
options and it will take a little time for you to find out what
best suits your needs, etc.
Various businesses need part time workers but the problem is
flexible on your part. Look around your area, ask your friends
neighbors what they do and you’ll probably get a lot of various
opinions. Good luck and enjoy
Tutoring might be even more lucrative-—and you set your own hours & pay—and don ‘t have to pay union dues :)
I plan on consulting until they take me out toes first. I retrained myself in CRM consulting after the 2008 mess (nobody went to jail, including Warren Buffet, who is more than anybody else responsible for what happened).
The work is good, social, and if you are a curious person and are willing to keep your skills up to date, they don’t care one bit what you look like and how old you are.
It also pays a ton.
I chose this because the plan is to spend 6 months a year in Baja. Once the kids are settled on post-HS career tracks I’m buying a boat and sailing down there middle of Fall each year, then coming back up middle of Spring.
As long as I have a good internet connection, I can do my job.
Got kids, grandkids? Spend more time with them, teach them to fill the gaps in their life education.
Opening their eyes to new things and activities has the effect of doing the same for you.
Nature walks with grandkids will reveal your own lack of knowledge in some things about the world around you, learn together.
Mentoring someone causes one to think and present more clearly and concisely. Causes some rethinking along the way, somethings are not the way you've always assumed. The satisfaction gained from seeing the light dawn on a confused face is a wonder to behold.
Sounds to me like you might already have enough new work to keep you busy.
;>) my two cents...before inflation adjustment.
Volunteer at a Veteran’s Hospital or vets’ service organization. It will be life-changing.
I made a huge list of activities to get involved with when we moved for retirement this past summer.
Now we are in the new location, but most of the activities are not happening due to Covid.
I’m trying to come up with new activities, but the new ones aren’t quite my passion.
I’m almost 56, and plan to retire modestly at 62. I work full time, but also have a small second income as a church pastor.
I’ll have enough money in my 401K to payoff my house when I retire and have some extra picket change.
My wife will retire about two years after me as a teacher and she’s going to have a decent pension. With no debt, we’ll be bringing home more than we do right now. Retiring at a lower social security check is simply better for me because we don’t know how long we’ll live.
I’ll be out on the lake fishing every chance I get, and perhaps take some foreign language courses. Not a lit of sitting on the couch.
I retired early. To me retirement meant “Freedom”.
To a friend of mine retirement equated to “Death” so she still works full time at 77.
I do whatever makes me happy! Luckily most everything makes me happy.
Thank you! I hope you enjoy your retirement, too. I thank God every day, that I don’t have to go out and work.
Me too. Physically, I couldn’t do it. I feel sorry for the people who are my age (73), and still have to work. I made mistakes in my life, but the best things that ever happened to me were my two sons, and working for NY State. I feel very fortunate to be where I am, and able to have the choices I have. I’ll never be rich, have never owned a home, but I have been able to keep a roof over my head, and a car in my parking spot, and get decent health care. Life is good, because God is good.
All the time, God is good!
I’ve been starting to feel the real downside of ‘lockdown’. But at the same time, it’s caused me to be grateful that most of my real passions are solitary and ‘inner’ ones.
Apparently, for some people who really throw themselves into it, it pays for a LOT of ‘groceries’...
I think you get out of any effort in proportion to what you put into it.
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