I've never had much sympathy for people who say they're bored when they retire. Now I have an inkling of what that's about. With our work ethic (crazy Americans who don't even take the meager vacation alloted them or lunch breaks) and being identified with work. It's a time where you really have to recreate yourself, retirement. You have to explore what you want to do for the rest of your life; you have to decide what gives your life meaning, if not paid work. And that's tricky!
For me there so many possibilities that it's kind of hard to think about just a couple. Doing comic book memoirs, guitar playing, studying Spanish, walking dogs, housesitting, and exercise are some of the activities I am thinking about now. To involve other people and build some social time in my often solitary life, I will have to do some volunteer work. Phone banking for Elizabeth Warren? Working for the US Census?
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