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The Retirement Newsletter: Do I need to practise at being retired?
Welcome
Welcome to issue -103.
Last week — Issue -104: Two years to go! — I celebrated having two years to go until I retire. And, in that issue, I looked at what will I be when I retire. This was all brought on by Issue -105: Ten reasons why I won’t be retiring in 2022, where item 8 in the list of 10 reasons not to retire stated:
“8. What will I be?
Currently, my job defines me — I am a scientist and a lecturer. When I retire, what will I be? How will I define myself?”
So, this week, I will look at whether I can practice for being retired.
(If you are wondering why I am using such an odd issue counting system, it is because I am counting down the weeks until I retire. As of this issue, there are 103 weeks to go.)
The Future — what are am I going to do?
I have written a lot about planning for my retirement; for example, see:
