Retired Reflections

Restless

I really don't know what to call this post. But ever since I retired, I keep thinking what do I want to do with the rest of my life. In a way I can do anything I want since I have good health and reasonable funds. I find myself thinking in decades and marking the next decade as the important one to do something in. Why this obsession with doing something? I am retired. I can just relax.

I talked to someone today who is retired and leaving this area and moving clear across the country. He is building a home - presumably the last one he will live in. But the idea of this is such an adventure that I am jealous. I like adventures and want one too.

When we are in the mountains and out for a day hike, I see folks with backpacks on and want to go with them. When we hike up to the top of a peak, I look off in the distance and want to go up another.

This must drive my husband nuts. He is busy taking classes to gain the skills to build parts for an old plane he has. He loves working with his hands and solving problems.

And yet I am often content - at home reading, taking my Spanish class, hiking around here, taking friends flying, reading with 1st graders, dancing. But I never could sit still when I was young and somehow it is still the same.

I will figure this out sometime.

posted by Mary @ 6:15 PM