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Originally Posted by fb32162
Anyone else find adjusting to retirement difficult? After decades of 60+ hr work weeks as a business executive, I was thrilled to be able to retire and live full time in TV. Now 3 months into it, I'm finding it very difficult to adjust to the slower pace. I've never had any hobbies and have never been a big "joiner" of clubs. I've explored a few hobbies and groups since moving here but none have appealed to me. I either swim or golf every day and I read a lot but that only kills a few hours a day. My career was so demanding, I never had time to be bored. It never occurred to me I would be bored in retirement. I've been told this is just a part of the adjustment phase. Any suggestions to assist my transition would be greatly appreciated
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The adjustment often depends on your own work ethic. Going from being constantly on the go, above average work hours and few days off to doing esentially nothing is a huge adjustment. I tried it and it didn't work, so I got back into the workforce part-time. Now I work part-time for six months and the other six months take it as easy as I can.
But going from a working environemnt to what esentially a play environment will again take a period of adjustment when I get back to The Villages.
I then no longer have to be up at 5am ready to start work at 0630am, instead I can sleep in until 7am. I no longer have to be in bed early due to having to be up early the next day. My life is pretty much determined by what I feel like doing.
Next year, I will cut back my part-time work to half of what I did this year. Not that I need to work, just that I like to work.