I am almost 59 years old and have anguished for the last few years about when to retire and what life will be like after working all my life. Will I get bored? Will I end up with a humdrum life that feels dull and lonely? Will it turn out to be the best decision of my life? Today, I really do not know.
I have looked around the Internet for people's real stories about what it feels like to move from a hectic work life into retirement and found surprisingly little. I am very nervous about whether I am making the right decision to give up half my workload by the end of the year and start the transition into retirement. I have no children or grandchildren to keep me occupied...just a husband and small dog. Today, a friend of mine was visiting me from Skye and said "Why don't you write a blog?". Well, after a little thought, it seemed like a good idea for three reasons:
(a) it will give me something specific to do each day
(b) I will not want to write a boring blog so that might give me an incentive to do something 'interesting' each day and
(c) other people might benefit from my 'warts and all' story.
I have made the decision to stop at least half of my work at or by Christmas and keep my other work on for an unknown period of time whilst I adjust to a slower lifestyle.
So, this is the start of my blog. Where it will lead who knows. It is, I hope, the start of an exciting journey...we'll see!
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