Perspective: Retirement at Six Months In
A Report
Just a short post today to say how grateful I am to be at this stage of my life …
True retirement should never be about idleness or a cessation of work. Retirement should be about transformation, transition, and the pursuit of different and exciting things that we’ve not had the time or opportunity to do yet.
I wrote that in my very first LifeUnCorked post a mere six days after I “hung up the work shoes” for the very last time. You can check out that inaugural post here:
Six months into this new leg of life’s journey, I have embraced this philosophy more than ever.
Now I know what my Dad meant when he said, “I’m so busy, I don’t know when I had time to work.”
Just being able to make plans centered around our personal schedule vs. a job is huge.
I still get up fairly early, but I don’t have to if I don’t want to. I love the quiet solitude in my rocker on the front porch with a cuppa’ joe, my Bible, a view of the mountains, and telling God how thankful I am for his goodness to us.
Most evenings, I’m back out to watch the spectacular sunsets over those same mountains.
Susan, my wife of 41 years, and I have traveled, hiked, kayaked, and just chilled together, all centered around our own schedules, not someone else’s.
We spend a lot of time with our grandkids. They frequently spend the night at “Pops and Grammy’s house”.
I never dreamed in all my working years, especially the early years, that I would be in a position like this. I always worried about how we would make it when we got to this age.
But, here we are.
And now, I am fulfilling my long-time dream of being a real writer.
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Until next time, friends …
And, thank you for your service!
Cork, we are definitely kindred spirits! I have never looked back either and wake up every day feeling blessed.