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| I don't believe in retirement either, and neither does my husband. He is about to take early retirement from a job he has done for almost 30 years, but he is looking into buying a small business, and that will be our future. I am teaching part-time, but I will work in the business once we get it going, and I hope we'll be like the Energiser Bunny and just keep going!
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| I don't believe in retirement, I don't plan to ever retire.
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what is everyone elses goals?
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I soon (2years) will be retiring and am planning on a 2 month hike in the Cascades. I did it when I was 18 and now will see if I can do it again at 56. It took me 1 month back then. But first I need to drop another 75 lb's.
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| Thanks for all the positive input - you're all great examples of what wonderful opportunities lie ahead in this new life-phase
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What I like about retirement has nothing to do with eating. I like having the time to pursue all my hobbies; do the things that never seemed to 'get done', while I was working and raising my family.
Actually I don't eat as much food; I'm too busy caught up in playing my piano; reading those books I'd accumulated, and of course enjoying all the great information I can get from the I-net.
Google is my best friend, and I've even found some of my friends on Google. I've been able to locate people that I've lost touch with; that were in business (and still are) - and only yesterday, reunited with a friend I hadn't seen in 10 years because I simply typed his business name into Google, and there was his web-site.
The hours seem to fly by so fast now that I'm retired; makes me wonder how I handled the full-time business commitment, but I guess it's all about 'time-management' (when you're working), and 'time-not-managing' when you're retired.
I posted this little quote on another topic: Retirement is being twice tired; tired first of working, then tired second from not working.
What I've noticed is my husband has been able to TRULY retire; he does a couple things a day - very little, though. I still keep my 'household' schedule; all those things women end up doing (women's work). For most women, we never get to retire. Those of us who worked full-time; kept a home, and raise the children, we were used to working '2 jobs'. Once the children are raised, we now spend a good deal of time with the grand-children; 'evolve' into baby-sitters.
We are never able to assign the home-making; cooking, cleaning - etc., to someone else unless we're wealthy enough to 'hire it done'.
I'm guessing the good part of this is, we often live longer than the husband; possibly keeping active and not having time to 'sit and snack' all day, is part of the reason.
Yes, the good thing is we can focus more on our own health; we have more time to think about 'us', and not about the job; the kids - the husband, etc.
As they say in that song: "There's a time for us.........." - a place and time for us; retirement might be just the place! Diane
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Wow. funny you should mention it. I retired in June. My eating habits have changed dramatically. I have time to shop and prepare food that is healthy for me. I worked at my old job two days this week and I have eaten so much bad stuff in the last 48 hours...fast food, sweets.
Retirement has been really good for my health. If I get side-tracked from exercising, I just do it later. My first goal of retirement was to improve my eating habits and step up my exercise program. For one thing, since I have time to select and prepare quality food, I'm not as likely to go looking in the refrigerator.
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| Hi! I'm right there with you! I thought the same thing once I retired from teaching in June. I exercise every morning at a gym near my house and that gets me going. I keep a schedule of sorts and try to stay out of the refrigerator. I even have a magnet (that looks like a cop)and it says, "Stop, get away from the refrigerator." The afternoon is a little tough though. I like to snack. Getting on the site helps to keep my hands occupied! There is a lot of support here if you want it.
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Welcome to retirement. Now you have time to go for a walk every day if you choose. It took me awhile to figure out what I want to do with my time but I am enjoying myself. For me part of the problem with time comes because my husband retired a month after me. At the time we had tentative plans that we have since decided against.
If it give you hope, I will share that I am finally eliminating pounds. :) Best wishes.
Judy
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Today is the first day of my retirement from a job I loved for the past 23 years. Everyone keeps asking what I'm planning for this next phase of my life and I really don't have any plans -- except to work on loosing this weight. But, I worry that without a regular schedule I won't be as physically active and that being around the house--and the refrigerator-- more will lead to temptation. What tips do some of you have? 
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