FRiday… What is retirement?

Picture of the day!

 

Taken in the Petrified Forest. I had always wanted to see this stuff. Wood turned to stone...

BUT for now:

I have retired a couple times so I know a little about the subject.  Retirement is WONDERFUL, if you are ready for it. Humans require ‘something to do!’ even when retired.   Becoming a couch potato is something to do, if that is what you ENJOY!

Some folks extend a hobby to full time and have a great time.  Remember though, some things COST so unless you have unlimited funds, you must pick ‘that something to do’ that you can afford. My BIL LOVED 2 things, Golf and Fishing.  He learned quick, he was going to pursue fishing.  He never gave up golf, but it was too expensive to follow 2 or 3 times a week. LOL

My dad should have never retired, as a minister he should have taken a month’s sabbatical; then returned to pastoring.  He was never satisfied living without a congregation to shepherd.

I went to a seminar before retiring concerning retirement. The speaker said, “Remember before you take this step, if you are in charge of people now. If you ‘run’ an office, just remember today you tell people what to do. You may direct their lives, you are SOMEBODY, tomorrow you will be a ‘nobody’; just one of the crowd. If you try to tell some one to ‘jump’ they are not going to ask ‘how high?’ they are going to look at you like you are crazy!

Truthfully, most folks are happy upon retirement.  They get to do things they never had time for. My BIL Johnny who retired from GM, said it this way, “I have 6 Saturdays and one Sunday now!

And I had heard of trees so big cars could drive thru them, we did find one of those and Sherry got to drive thru it.

WE had a plan, we wanted to travel full time.  WE were fortunate, we had lived debt free for years and owned our home. So we rented it out and hit the road. It has been a good life.

I also learned that it is real, you can throw snowballs in the summer in the USA! (Notice it wasn't even cold see the short sleeves!)

Now here at the END of life, we face another problem, where will it end.  We are still looking into that…..  WE are blessed, because at present we do have options……..Many do not!

.Nite Shipslog

PS.  I HOPE you are a happy person and can just laugh at me…  I don’t mind solitude,  I think I need a LONG walk in the woods to give me a better frame of mind….