What did you start to do when you retired?

fifthwheel · Mar 19, 2023

busby said:
Are we talking motor bike or push bike.BUSBY.

A new Royal Enfield Classic 350 red and chrome very pleased with the new Grandad bike. I am also running a Yamaha 600 Fazer from 2003.

pappajohn · Mar 19, 2023

I'll let you know in 85 days 1 hour 25 minutes........and counting down.

MikenPauline · Mar 20, 2023

pappajohn said:
I'll let you know in 85 days 1 hour 25 minutes........and counting down.

Hopefully you won’t regret it. I thought I would miss work when I retired, the job, the routine, the company etc., I can honestly say I haven’t missed any of it and now I look back and think it was like being in a treadmill. Enjoy every moment when you get there.

Hobby Driver · Mar 20, 2023

Totally agree with MikenPauline! Retired on the first day of lockdown and have been busy doing what I want when I want ever since. Faffing with the mho, touring Europe, cruising, driving tours and in the winter model building and planning the next years activities. Just cannot see how I found time to go to work!

TheMachMan · Mar 20, 2023

Took early retirement 8 months ago, still trying to figure it out! Love that we have no alarm clock and can do as little or as much as we want and answer to no one. Was in sales all my working life do not miss chasing targets, the hamster wheel of continuous growth and generating monthly reports!
We have the New Forest and beaches close by so do a lot of walking and being outdoors. Been away for a couple of months in France & Spain, but being at home in Nov to Mar when it’s wet for days on end is challenging. I think Asia beckons next winter.

cyberyacht · Mar 20, 2023

Swapped one boss for about six, none of whom pay me or give me bank holidays off.

Roby2008 · Mar 20, 2023

fifthwheel said:
A new Royal Enfield Classic 350 red and chrome very pleased with the new Grandad bike. I am also running a Yamaha 600 Fazer from 2003.

Very nice.....enjoy

gus-lopez · Mar 20, 2023

busby said:
You must have been either Civil Servant or a Politician then,,BUSBY.

No, I ran my own business. the question was about hobbies or your free time when working.

Chris · Mar 20, 2023

Kannon Fodda said:
I've become very skilled at achieving very little. Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow

I have lived my professional life on that basis

Blaydon · Mar 20, 2023

Hi all. I’ve done woodturning for years but never had the time to really enjoy it. Now I’ve retired I can spend a day with an audio book and work through a project. I’m really enjoying it.

see what you think. I’m thinking I might take a stall in a craft fare to clear out some of the stuff I’ve made.

Blaydon · Mar 20, 2023

Sorry about the last two photos, note to self - check before you post.

bobnick · Mar 20, 2023

Living

hblewett · Mar 21, 2023

Simple - retirement knocks work into a cocked hat as far as I’m concerned. I retired after I had a stroke at 57 - OH thought she’d rather have me looked after than pushing up daisies. Folk used to ask if I missed work - - no staff, no budgets, what was there to miss?

When I could walk and talk again we bought the moho we’d been planning to get and went travelling all over Europe - 27 countries so far. How can you get bored when you’re retired? I need another lifetime to get through all I’ve got in mind.

Rocano21 · Mar 21, 2023

PaddyM said:
From day one of retirement I realised that for the first time in 30 years no other living soul had any influence on my time , I come and go as I please , I can hurry or take my time , I can say no to any request that has a time factor .
I’m free as a bird and everyday I soar .

One day, this is how I want to think and behave!

Tony50 · Mar 24, 2023

busby said:
You must have been either Civil Servant or a Politician then,,BUSBY.

I thought perhaps a Parson ! ( But wrong again )

Alcfire · Mar 25, 2023

Bought a MoHo and now wished I had bought one years ago

Libellula · Mar 30, 2023

A crazy amount of art. I was an art teacher, and apart from working with the kids, painting scenery for school productions and demonstrating I hardly produced anything for myself. So now enjoying My time

Ginster · Apr 7, 2023

I sold my flat in Weston-super-Mare, got in my van and have been travelling ever since, just got back from 3 months in France, Spain and Portugal. Love my life!

Hirsch · Apr 7, 2023

I got bored.

I am a saddo.

Tony50 · Apr 7, 2023

Hirsch said:
I got bored.

I am a saddo.

Now in my 18th year being retired ,never bored, love every minute, even if we just have a walk along the seafront.

Stealaway · Apr 7, 2023

I spent a year building a narrowboat and went cruising all the UK waterways for the first twelve years.
You might recognise the name :drinks:

The Wino · Apr 7, 2023

Stealaway said:
I spent a year building a narrowboat and went cruising all the UK waterways for the first twelve years.
You might recognise the name

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You spelt it differently! Very nice. We bought this last week!

Stealaway · Apr 7, 2023

The Wino said:
You spelt it differently! Very nice. We bought this last week!
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That looks lovely but I was never brave enough for navigating the bumpy stuff.
I wanted a shot on a sailing boat. I was close a couple of times but it always fell through.
It was Steelaway because it was a steel boat and we are from the steel city :drinks:

The Wino · Apr 7, 2023

Stealaway said:
That looks lovely but I was never brave enough for navigating the bumpy stuff.
I wanted a shot on a sailing boat. I was close a couple of times but it always fell through.
It was Steelaway because it was a steel boat and we are from the steel city

We're 2 miles from Whitby so that nice warm flat north sea!!!!! is very handy. Monsoon has a pretty spacious beer area!

G-RMPS · Apr 7, 2023

I built an aeroplane

Claire Ambler · Apr 9, 2023

Ache and b***ch

Rob Turner · Apr 9, 2023

188 weeks and 4 days for me, or 31671 hours, not that I’m counting.

eddie · Apr 9, 2023