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Originally Posted by terrieb
For people who live up North - (and are retired) - normally stay indoors during the cold months (Dec - Mar) and only going out when they have to. Why? Because it is too cold. In the spring, summer and fall months, (April - October/November), there are all kinds of activity going on in some of the Northern states where the temperatures are manageable. People come outside for these months.
In Florida, most people (who are retired), stay inside during the hot months - (usually July - August - September) and only come out when they have to. Why? Because it is too hot and muggy. The rest of the months are usually either bearable or very comfortable. So most people come outside when it is a comfortable temperature. Just like the Northern states, you adjust for the temperature and if you want to mess with the snow and ick.
So it is a matter of location and preference what people do during certain months of the year because of the weather. If you are fully retired, then you don't really need a "daily planner" of your things to do. You let the weather decide for you. At least that is how I see it. Go with the flow.
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The thing that IMO is different about staying indoors inn FL in the summer and indoors up north in the winter is the amount of sunshine. One year in Grand Rapids, MI, the entire month of November yielded zero sunshine. And I'm not exaggerating.
I feel a lot happier staying indoors down here, looking out the sliders at the sun in the backyard. It always got me down, the gloom that accompanied winter at Lake Michigan.
I agree with terrieb, we would go to assisted living and then nursing home down here.