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The Retirement Newsletter: Now what?
Welcome
Welcome to issue number 3.
This week, I face the big question of retirement — now what?
Now what?
Well, here I am. Retired.
Last week, my first week of retirement, was easy as it was Easter, and I would have been off work on annual leave. This week, before I retired, I would have been back at work busy preparing for exam season — a stressful time. Why were exams stressful for me? Well, I worried about making sure things were set up right. Plus, I used to get a lot of emails from stressed students, and their stress rubbed off on me.
Last week, I was in holiday mode, but now the holiday is over, and I am starting to feel I have retired. The truth is sinking in. Or is it? I don’t feel retired. Imposter syndrome?
So, now what? If I can accept I am retired, what am I going to do to fill my days?
Moving forward, I need to think about what I am going to do and how I will manage my time.
Thinking
As I said last week (Issue 2: OK — this is it, my first week of retirement), on my first morning of retirement, I woke up, and the ‘voice’ had gone.
