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Message: [QUOTE="jleves, post: 4862273, member: 757"] I'll chime in. I was in a fortunate spot to retire on my 55th birthday but the misfortune to retire at the start of the pandemic lockdown. There was almost nothing to do outside the house. Shopping for food was a scary dash through the market to find what proteins you could and get out as quickly as possible. This kind of set a precedent for me/us where we mostly did a lot of reading and streaming stuff. The first 18 months of pandemic, my wife and I read about 100 books each. I still haven't completely broken out of that slump. I'm also fortunate that I don't put on excess pounds sitting around reading and watching TV. I do spend a lot more time helping around the house and doing stuff in the yard which helps. You can always find projects around the house - it's never ending. Now, we do go out to eat lunch a couple times during the week and do things like walk around a mall or old town downtown (lots of both places in socal). But I always imagined I would golf a lot and really haven't gotten back into it. It's been my goal every spring - maybe this year it will kick in. A few great things about retirement: I almost never have to set an alarm clock. You just wake up when you are fully rested and want to get up. Going to the supermarket during the week at 10am or 2pm when it's almost completely empty. Going to Costco at 3pm when you can just walk up to an open checker with your basket. Feast week, rivalry week and March madness are great - noon games during the week, no problem. And of course, the lack of stress - you probably won't realize you were under stress until you aren't. [/QUOTE]

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