The Retirement Newsletter: Skiing — back on the slopes and other old hobbies

Issue Number: -2.5 — What are my plans?

Photo by Author — back on the slopes — the view from Killington, Vermont, USA

Welcome

Welcome to issue -2.5 — going back to old hobbies.

As I said in issue -5, What do I want from retirement?, when I tell colleagues I’m retiring, I usually get one of three responses:

1. You lucky @#!$£%.
2. You can’t be retiring; you are far too young.
3. What are you going to do with yourself? You’ll get bored.

And, when they say, “You’ll get bored”, I respond that I will have plenty to do. But the question is, what will I do?

This last week, after a week of skiing in the US, I’ve been thinking about past hobbies and interests to fill my time.

Filling my days

I ask my retired friends how they fill their days, and I keep getting told, “with stuff”. They all keep telling me they are super busy with “stuff”. And when pressed, I can never find out what this mysterious “stuff” is that fills their days. Maybe I will find out when I retire? If I do, I will let you know.

What are my plans (before I get caught up in “stuff”) to fill my days?