What did you do on the first day of retirement?

   / What did you do on the first day of retirement? #141  
Gotcha there! No watch and no phone.

Wife would not let me get out of the house without my phone leash. :D My property is an hour away and about the time I get there she is bugging me to get home.
 
   / What did you do on the first day of retirement? #142  
Gotcha there! No watch and no phone.

After being retired for a while, I'm not even sure of the exact date. Sometimes I guess wrong by three or four days and it really doesn't matter unless you have a long-planned appointment. I go by seasons now.
 
   / What did you do on the first day of retirement? #143  
Wife would not let me get out of the house without my phone leash. :D My property is an hour away and about the time I get there she is bugging me to get home.

NO cell can be a blessing... as soon as I turn into the gravel drive all cell service disappears... almost like entering another dimension...

The only link to the outside world was radio and copper phone line... no TV, no Highspeed and No Cell.

I think it is why time spent is so peaceful... of course with Comcast in now that has changed and there is one bar of Cell from the corner of the upstairs bedroom..

It's 4:10 am so off to work...
 
   / What did you do on the first day of retirement? #144  
What's a watch? Is that where you stay up looking for someone?
 
   / What did you do on the first day of retirement? #146  
My first day I was absolutely giddy. Woke up and realized I didn't have to drive to the office -- it felt great. After a few days it hit me that this wasn't vacation, it was going to last for decades, and I really needed to get a purpose in life.

Then, the reality that hits a lot of folks hit me -- I don't know how I ever found time to work. I start each day with at least two hours of managing my life. Between insurance companies, doctors offices, various tax agencies, and a variety of administrative errors [like credit card stuff] I am constantly employed as the administrator of my life.

Once spring hit, I found myself spending every other week at my farm. Must say that the fields have never been so clean or the sheds so orderly. And I generally nap in the hammock during the heat of the day. This is all very agreeable to me. But I will admit that I've become a bit of a hermit. Everyone gushes about hw much they love the country but most women aren't all that interested in spending days at a time in rustic surroundings -- so that is a gap in the picture. But as the saying goes, you can have it all but probably not all at the same time.
 
   / What did you do on the first day of retirement? #147  
I retired at a fairly early age, (42) so I went into the woods and started cutting wood. The ultimate goal is to clear forest into field to raise more sheep.
 
   / What did you do on the first day of retirement? #148  
I retired at a fairly early age, (42) so I went into the woods and started cutting wood. The ultimate goal is to clear forest into field to raise more sheep.

OK, I'm doing something wrong. I turned 55 yesterday and not retiring for 2-4 months. :confused3:

I guess it's like a co-worker says. " Paris Hilton was born retired, so age has nothing to do with it."
 
   / What did you do on the first day of retirement? #149  
One nice thing about a cell phone and good service.... you can use the GPS to find a good fishing hole or more beer. ;)
 
   / What did you do on the first day of retirement? #150  
OK, I'm doing something wrong. I turned 55 yesterday and not retiring for 2-4 months.

Ok, I’m doing something wrong, I’m going 10 years last that :D
 

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