There is life after retirement, but you have to decide how best to spend your time. I’ve been retired since 2003. I had to work outside the home from the time I was 16, so when I retired, I enjoyed being able to stay home, and not run all the time. I keep myself plenty busy, by reading, working on my family tree, and watching TV shows, movies, and the British programming I download from the internet. I’m a late nighter, which means I don’t go to bed until 4 a.m. or later. Neither of my sons lives near me, and I have no grandchildren to worry about. If I don’t have to go out, I don’t. Up until the virus, I used to meet friends at the local casino once a month, but even though the casino has reopened, they require masks, and I will not wear one to go lose money. I’m a homebody, and enjoy my privacy, and solitude. I did enough all my working years for other people. My retirement is my own, to spend the way I want to. Just make sure you realize that if you think time flies now, wait until you retire, because it goes by even faster. I’m 73. I retired when I was 56, so I don’t have the get-up-and-go that I once had, but that’s okay. I don’t feel like I’m missing anything.
Sounds about like me, except I don’t go to the casino. It took me about three years to recover from the stress of my job as an RN. (I can’t blame it all on the job; I am an easily stressed person with an anxiety disorder). Now I do what I want, and DON’T do what I don’t want, unless it’s necessary for the well-being of myself or my family. I’m sure I’ll have some regrets, as I admit to my LORD, at judgment, my sin of wasting time, the one thing we can never get back. But He knows my problems and my needs. He knows my feet are clay. I’m trying to be more active, working on projects on the house. I retired at 62, and I’m almost 69.
I'm 72. I retired when I was 55. After 31 years with the same company, they bribed me with over a years pay to do what I always planned to do.
I have never regretted retiring for a single moment. I don't see how I lasted as long as I did. I had significant health issues at age 66. I am so glad I didn't wait until I was 65 to retire. The health issues would have been so much harder to face if I had just retired.
I do sit too much, have put on significant weight, and can't exercise like I need to in order to lose weight. I'm still working on it though.