I received a job offer yesterday. I think I’ll pass. I am busy being retired. My typical day goes something like this:
- Read newspaper over breakfast. Defeat Sudoku and the crossword.
- Play on social media sites.
- Do one productive thing such as go to the doctor, get the car inspected, get my haircut, mow the lawn, volunteer, etc.
- Go for a bike ride.
- Go to gym (three days a week) or do physical therapy (basically, a short yoga session).
- Meditate for 20 – 30 minutes.
- Practice guitar. (I just started. By the time I am 110 years old I’ll be able to play The House of the Rising Sun.)
- Read. (My family bans me from buying books in the weeks leading up to Christmas, Father’s Day, and my birthday. So I raided my daughter’s bookshelf.) I am currently reading Water for Elephants.
- Listen to a Podcast once or twice a week. I follow 10 Percent Happier.
- Write an insipid blog. (You are reading it.)
- Write in my journal. (You are not reading it.)
- Watch something on TV or Netflix. Or listen to music.
A Few Spokes Shy of a Wheel 
It’s only going to get better. Retirement that is.
Works for me, especially the bike ride part.
The pay stinks, but the hours are great!
I hope to be there in about a decade but I think Paul Ryan is going to steal my Social Security and give it to the Koch Brothers.
I think you’ve mastered the art of retirement!! It’s not easy I hear, so congrats!
For some people, the lack of social contact from work makes retirement very hard. A big take away from my bike tour: solitude is not the same as loneliness. I don’t mind being alone one bit. In fact, I often crave solitude. Hence, the long bike rides and the meditation.