[Worldseries27]

Originally Posted by jmintzer

i see it as it can be whatever you want it to be...

If you want your days filled with activities, they're there for you...

If you want to be a homebody, or physically can't do those things, then that's fine, as well...

agreed. My ideal is to live a life not ruled by clocks or a calendar anymore

[Laker14]

Originally Posted by Worldseries27

agreed. My ideal is to live a life not ruled by clocks or a calendar anymore

Good point! Because I golf and pickle primarily, my schedule is dictated by the clock. I notice that when rain is forecast, I sometimes feel like I did when I was a kid and there was a forecasted possibility of a "snow day".

[HJBeck]

“Use it or lose it. “. Pretty good phrase for what happens to the body when we are not active enough.

[La lamy]

I picked TV because of:
- the weather first
- the quality of pickleball play second
- ease of making friends third
I also regularly:
- frequent the book and jigsaw puzzle libraries
I sometimes:
- pick from the mega amount of extra activities
- nightly bands
And I absolutely LOVE TV's gorgeous landscaping on a daily basis.
I feel no pressure to do, or not do, anything. I'm my own boss.
Retirement heaven!

[Michael 61]

Originally Posted by La lamy

I picked TV because of:
- the weather first
- the quality of pickleball play second
- ease of making friends third
I also regularly:
- frequent the book and jigsaw puzzle libraries
I sometimes:
- pick from the mega amount of extra activities
- nightly bands
And I absolutely LOVE TV's gorgeous landscaping on a daily basis.
I feel no pressure to do, or not do, anything. I'm my own boss.
Retirement heaven!

Well said - we are so fortunate to be able to have moved to such a great place- Retirement is the best years of our lives!

[joannamcole@icloud.com]

I miss Katie Belle’s also.

[coffeebean]

For hubby and me, The Villages is like a cruise ship on land. You can do it all or do nothing or somewhere in between.

The main part of The Villages lifestyle is to be able to golf cart to just about anything you need or want to do in retirement. There is no place like this place in the world and I feel so fortunate to be able to live this lifestyle.

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by PersonOfInterest

After living in the Villages for a few years I’m wondering what the Villages Lifestyle really consists of. TV seems to revolve around Activities. Pickleball, Golf, Bocce’, softball and a seemingly endless list of others. At the end of the day there’s always entertainment at the squares. Many of us stay so busy that we hardly have the time to get to know the people we enjoy all these activities with.
For most it’s hardly a relaxing retirement. With this highly active, busy lifestyle are we increasing our longevity or setting ourselves up for injuries and over exertion? Would a more relaxing lifestyle improve mind and body or are we better off pushing the limits as we advance into our 80’s?
Of course, we can always choose to slow down, relax and take it easy rather than live with daily 2 hour sessions of activities, one after the other. But if we were to choose that relaxing lifestyle would we feel displaced living in TV?
Does this portray the Villages lifestyle that you see or do you see the lifestyle here as something different?

Hey, Person of Interest! Last night I was watching a DVD of the TV series Person of Interest! Great show.

Before I moved here I discovered Talk of the Villages. At the top of the page is Entertainment, and I dragged down to Clubs and went through all of them. I printed out the club names and descriptions for about a hundred I thought sounded like fun. I put them in a notebook. So how many have I attended? Very few. I gave up on the idea of pickle ball and softball (which I loved as a kid) after talking to people who played and finding out how often they are injured. I gave up on golf because it’s just too hot for me. I don’t play cards. I don’t do crafts. I discovered that it’s not easy to get into a woodworking shop— there’s a waiting list. But I loved playing my guitar and mandolin at home, so I went to a couple jams held at Rec centers. I had such a great time that I was soon playing in NINE jams a week. I don’t do things halfway, so I was soon devoting most of the rest of my time to practicing, learning new instruments, developing songs I could perform, learning more about the sorts of music I was playing. I was spending at least forty hours a week on this and having a grand time. For me, that is ONE OF the Villages Lifestyles. In a few months I found I couldn’t keep up with it all, so, I cut down to three a week, with extra ones now and then. Thursday through Saturday I keep free at present. I LOVE being retired here. I’m a Hedonist: I live for pleasure. That could be the pleasure of playing a great solo, or eating a great slice of pizza, or smelling the fragrant air here, or enjoying the beauty I drive past every day. I want to notice and consciously enjoy it all and avoid everything I don’t enjoy as much as possible. That’s my Villages Lifestyle, I plan to be here until I croak.

[Papa_lecki]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

The main part of The Villages lifestyle is to be able to golf cart to just about anything you need or want to do in retirement.

My wife and I say the lifestyle is “simple”. It’s simple to golf cart to dinner, or your neighbors, or golf etc - no getting in car, just hop in and go.

[Bay Kid]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

For hubby and me, The Villages is like a cruise ship on land. You can do it all or do nothing or somewhere in between.

The main part of The Villages lifestyle is to be able to golf cart to just about anything you need or want to do in retirement. There is no place like this place in the world and I feel so fortunate to be able to live this lifestyle.

So true. I haven't been on a cruise since I found The Villages. Everything and so much more here!

[Steve]

Originally Posted by PersonOfInterest

After living in the Villages for a few years I’m wondering what the Villages Lifestyle really consists of. TV seems to revolve around Activities. Pickleball, Golf, Bocce’, softball and a seemingly endless list of others. At the end of the day there’s always entertainment at the squares. Many of us stay so busy that we hardly have the time to get to know the people we enjoy all these activities with.
For most it’s hardly a relaxing retirement. With this highly active, busy lifestyle are we increasing our longevity or setting ourselves up for injuries and over exertion? Would a more relaxing lifestyle improve mind and body or are we better off pushing the limits as we advance into our 80’s?
Of course, we can always choose to slow down, relax and take it easy rather than live with daily 2 hour sessions of activities, one after the other. But if we were to choose that relaxing lifestyle would we feel displaced living in TV?
Does this portray the Villages lifestyle that you see or do you see the lifestyle here as something different?

Let's keep this simple. Of all the activities available to us in The Villages, if you see one or two or three, etc. you're interested in...do it. If you aren't interested in an activity...don't do it. That's The Villages lifestyle. Do what you want to do, don't do what you don't want to do. It's not that difficult.

[Laker14]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

My wife and I say the lifestyle is “simple”. It’s simple to golf cart to dinner, or your neighbors, or golf etc - no getting in car, just hop in and go.

We spend 5 months on a lake in NY State, which is pleasant and fun, but not always "easy".

My wife and I refer to life in TV as "easy"... Want to play golf? It's easy to get in the cart and play, likewise with pickleball, or going to the pool, or going out for an evening of music and food...

Our TV home, on one floor, designed for old people, is much easier to live in, day-to-day, than the lake house.

Easy living.

[Rodneysblue]

Originally Posted by PersonOfInterest

After living in the Villages for a few years I’m wondering what the Villages Lifestyle really consists of. TV seems to revolve around Activities. Pickleball, Golf, Bocce’, softball and a seemingly endless list of others. At the end of the day there’s always entertainment at the squares. Many of us stay so busy that we hardly have the time to get to know the people we enjoy all these activities with.
For most it’s hardly a relaxing retirement. With this highly active, busy lifestyle are we increasing our longevity or setting ourselves up for injuries and over exertion? Would a more relaxing lifestyle improve mind and body or are we better off pushing the limits as we advance into our 80’s?
Of course, we can always choose to slow down, relax and take it easy rather than live with daily 2 hour sessions of activities, one after the other. But if we were to choose that relaxing lifestyle would we feel displaced living in TV?
Does this portray the Villages lifestyle that you see or do you see the lifestyle here as something different?

You do you, others will do more or less it’s up to that person choice.

[Escape Artist]

Originally Posted by Michael 61

Well said - we are so fortunate to be able to have moved to such a great place- Retirement is the best years of our lives!

It sounds like you are enjoying living in the village of Richmond

[Escape Artist]

Originally Posted by Laker14

We spend 5 months on a lake in NY State, which is pleasant and fun, but not always "easy".

My wife and I refer to life in TV as "easy"... Want to play golf? It's easy to get in the cart and play, likewise with pickleball, or going to the pool, or going out for an evening of music and food...

Our TV home, on one floor, designed for old people, is much easier to live in, day-to-day, than the lake house.

Easy living.

I’m originally from the Finger Lakes myself and I’d love to own a lake house there but property taxes are exorbitant.