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Originally Posted by CFrance
We are not big party people, and we don't golf. We also don't enjoy large groups but prefer to have a few close friends to do things with occasionally, as opposed to partying with "80 of our closest friends." We have found common enjoyment in pickleball and enjoy the people we've played with, and I like to walk the dog (after dark because he's big and gets hot in the sun) and do some exercise classes. My husband likes model trains and enjoys that club and also volunteers for SCORE, a part of the SBA. And we go to a few Three Rivers Club functions. That's not a whole lot, but it's our comfort level. We enjoy our home and especially the lanai and front porch in the mornings and evenings, and we spend a lot of time reading and surfing the net.
We've gotten to know and love our next-door neighbors, but not too many others; it's a quiet street. We're fine with all of that. We like to make friends coincidentally and not determinedly. (Is that a word?) We just went to our first TOTV meet-up at Crispers after a year of being on this forum, and we met some very ice people.
When we feel like doing something different, it's time to do it. No pressure.
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Yours is a good philosophy for life in general........no pressure.
Enjoy things as they fit into daily schedule and at your comfort level.
Many will just be "adjusting" to full retirement.....and that alone takes getting used to........without filling the calendar each day with being busy, unless it is something that does come along that one is attracted to and wishes to do.
Again, obviously the younger Villagers and perhaps the singles will definitely want to be more active than those couples who find that they are content being each other's best friend.....and just taking each day as it comes. Vive le difference.
As others said, just enjoying the sunshine, the lanai, the pool if they have one off the lanai, etc.........would be pleasant..........not to mention, all homes need tending.
If folks were "super active" before they moved to TV, they will continue to find exciting new things to join..........if they never were that active outside the home and raising the family, it might change and then again, it might not. No pressure one way or the other, would be our motto.