It's a transition. My husband took to retirement with gusto, he didn't miss work one little bit and he didn't feel the need to volunteer or gather new hobbies either. He was just happy not having to work anymore. I, on the other hand, had a strange time with it. I had loved my work but it wasn't that...I think it was the transitioning to the new phase in my life which made it official that I was indeed getting older, I was now on the other side of the hill going downward instead of working upward as I always had done. It took me less than a year to feel "normal" again and what really helped was finding something else I was good at doing for myself. I had dabbled in painting and I focused full force on that and the better my art became the better I felt...I was working upward on something again. Of course, exercise helps tremendously too to clear your head. Now living here in TV I've found art groups and I volunteer, have a great church and am very happy in retirement. You'll get there...try not to worry yourself too much about it. It's an awesome feeling to be doing whatever you want to do whenever you feel like doing it.
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