The Retirement Newsletter: Planning for the future

Issue Number: -4.5 — What will I do when I’m retired?

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Welcome

Welcome to issue -4.5 — it’s nine weeks until I retire, and the big question this week is, what will I do when I am retired?

Planning

Planning is important.

It is always good to have a plan.

I like having a plan.

So, what are my plans for when I retire?

Last week in issue -5 — Issue number -5: What do I want from retirement? — I wrote about taking back control of my life. And that is the main aim of my retirement. I want to get control over what I do and when I do it.

Many of my retired friends say that it is impossible to get control as the days fill up when you retire. They claim they are busier now in retirement than when they had full-time jobs. Most of them express surprise that they managed to hold a full-time job and have a career.

So, I need a plan.

I don’t want my retirement filled with stuff I don’t want to do. I want to achieve things.

I need a plan so that my time is not frittered away. Hence, I have come up with an action plan. Well, it is not so much a plan as a…