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Originally Posted by Wiotte
I’m going through the same feelings. I retired 12 months ago and I miss having a purpose. I was very good at what I did and was respected. I miss using my mind to the extreme which was at times necessary. But, I don’t miss waking up at 5AM, minimum 1 hour morning commute and at times a 3 hour afternoon commute. I don’t miss what it did to me physically with the stress. Financially I’m ok, being a very good investor so that isn’t a problem, although I won’t qualify for Medicare for another 2 years, and my wife 4. We bought into the ACA and pray it lasts till then. Overall I’m satisfied but I most certainly do miss the challenges of work.
But, this is where I’m at in life and I need to make the best of it. The challenge now is what is the best way to make it work for my overall mental and physical health. I’ve always had good health but have struggled with depression now and then. Retirement has made it worse. I’m now medicated for depression but still don’t have the motivation I once had.
I know myself, I know I will conquer this. I’ve got all this time to figure it all out, in time I will.
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Interesting that so many responders have feelings of regret about retiring. Even after 12 years, I, too, have that feeling every once in a while. As one responder said, at first it's a novelty, but having a schedule and purpose in life is very important, and with retirement it's easy to feel useless, especially if your job or profession was fulfilling. I was fortunate to be able to go back to my profession (university teaching) part time for a while, but that opportunity is now exhausted, and I'm making my own way now. It's not easy, but there are opportunities out there, if we're willing to put in the effort to search for them. I prefer not to think of retirement as the final stage of life. Let's just think of it as Act III!