The Retirement Newsletter: Retired for half a year? That can’t be right.

Issue Number: 174 (27) — where has the time gone?

Photo by Author — a flower at my local country show

Welcome

Welcome to issue 174 (27). This week, I look back on the first six months of my retirement. I cannot believe it has been six months since I retired; the time has passed so quickly.

The first six months

The journey started with looking forward and staring into the void. In that issue of the newsletter, which I wrote just before I retired, I outlined four things I wanted to address — health, money, starting a paid newsletter, and travel and holidays.

In the next issue of the newsletter (OK — this is it, my first week of retirement), I looked at the ten things I said I would do on the first day of my retirement. I came up with this list back in November 2021 when I was still dreaming of retiring — 10 things I am going to do on the first day of my retirement.

So, how am I going with these?

Health

My concerns about my weight turned out to be well-founded.

I started my retirement with the clear goal of losing some weight. Things were going well, but then a routine blood test revealed that my weight was a serious…