Originally Posted by
Re-sign Carl Dale
Just seen this post. Congratulations TBG! Well deserved free time.
I get told by clients that it's a strange feeling. Having something to retire TO is as important as having something to retire FROM.
Maybe the egg stained string vest is your thing maybe not!
Couple of (non financial!) tips that I've picked up by those who I think have done it well are:
- have a structure for your ideal week (ie your timetable) - obviously just doing things that you want to be doing!
- don't rush into anything. There are so many potential calls on your time, volunteering, hobbies, socialising, looking after grand-children, that some people can feel more under pressure than when they were working.
) you may not have read that I do indeed have a timetable. Different types of physical exercises in the mornings and intellectual pursuits in the afternoons (improving my German and Spanish and re-starting Welsh): that's when I am not walking with friends and/or leading group walks, attending gigs and City games etc. I have evening classes to continue (and I may start one up myself) and I shall be travelling domestically and further afield. I have no progeny (having decided to spare humanity my contribution to the gene pool) nor partner so my time is my own. I dropped down to being part-time four years ago (oddly, for beneficial financial reasons) so it's hardly a big transition in reality.
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