what do we do

[Jon Ford]

Connie-- Being retired is a big adjustment or a small one, depending on how 
much of one's identity has been invested in the job.  It was hard for me in 
the first couple of years to adjust  to this-- I felt as if a leg and an arm 
had been cut off,  but then I flashed back on what I had  often  wanted to 
do but couldn't because I never "had the time." Being retired, we have all 
the time we need, yet it still  may not  seem to be enough.  At the very 
least, we gain the opportunity to explore paths we would have taken earlier 
if we hadn't always been overscheduled.  That can be  very exciting! Yet  I 
still keep working a few hours a week because I have issues with teaching ( 
my old career) that I want to resolve; plus, I can always use a little extra 
money beyond my meager pension. So it can work out very well-- but it takes 
a lot of thought and determination, like anything else that's worthwhile.

Jon


>From: Connie Clark <connie_3c@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>Subject: what do we do
>Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 09:01:31 -0800 (PST)
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>Michael Eisenstadt <michaele@ando.pair.com> wrote:
>my self question has always been "What do I do now?" even
>thinking back to earliest self-consciousness when i was
>reading stuff. the stuff in the books was always more
>interesting than I was to myself.
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>so this is apparently a good question for us now, now that we are looking 
>at retirement (at least some of us).  I have over the years become a better 
>planner, and try to get things lined up best I can for the future. With a 
>pretty good 3-year-plan to get to retirement already in hand, I am 
>currently working on a 'what then?' scenario.  Just thinking about it, I 
>have come to the conclusion so far, that I would soon become very bored 
>with myself without much to do.
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>C
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