The Retirement Newsletter: What do I want from retirement?

Issue Number: -5 — should I have asked this question earlier?

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Welcome

Welcome to issue -5 — what do I want from retirement?

Ten weeks until I retire, and I ask the question I should have asked some time ago — what do I want from retirement?

What do I want from retirement?

Over the last few weeks, word has spread at work that I am leaving my current job, and I am often asked, ‘Oh, where are you moving to?’

My colleagues at work assume that I am leaving to take another job. I am taking this as a compliment, as they think I am younger than I am.

When I explain that I am retiring, it is usually greeted with 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.

The response from my friends is pretty much the same.

I take response one as envy, two as a compliment and three as a lack of understanding.

Response three is interesting — it is interesting how people perceive me — you’ll get bored.