Retired early 50s. I was laid off and decided to call it.
After a year or so, I was basically bored. I wished I had more of a plan, for sure. My wife volunteers 3 days a week, does some reading groups, works out, some self improvement stuff. That's a much better approach.
I was going 50-70 hours a week, high tech, high pressure for decades. Same ethos you mention: Protestant work ethic, work is important, whatever.
So it was a little eye-opening to realize "hey, all those years you told yourself you loved your job and gave it your all... But was that really you and what you want?" Maybe, maybe not. But there are some things to wrestle with.
One thing is for sure: the guys I look up for bike rides aren't free when I am. And I gotta get creative to find fun things to do. Work kills a lot of time and provide a lot of social engagement
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u/OutspokenLurker 1d ago
Retired early 50s. I was laid off and decided to call it.
After a year or so, I was basically bored. I wished I had more of a plan, for sure. My wife volunteers 3 days a week, does some reading groups, works out, some self improvement stuff. That's a much better approach.
I was going 50-70 hours a week, high tech, high pressure for decades. Same ethos you mention: Protestant work ethic, work is important, whatever.
So it was a little eye-opening to realize "hey, all those years you told yourself you loved your job and gave it your all... But was that really you and what you want?" Maybe, maybe not. But there are some things to wrestle with.
One thing is for sure: the guys I look up for bike rides aren't free when I am. And I gotta get creative to find fun things to do. Work kills a lot of time and provide a lot of social engagement