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Originally Posted by Slothead56
I suspect that you, like many here who are retired, have multiple interests and activities and planned accordingly before retirement.
I found after about a year of retirement (it was actually Mrs. Slot who pointed it out) that I missed people contact beyond friends (many of whom were still working) and family.
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I'm not sure what will come in regards to social engagement. I've always cherished my solitude because my work was "one on one" with a different person every hour - kind of a social chameleon if you will. There was a time when I enjoyed it, but in the past decade it had become more of a grind as more and more it seemed my clientele wanted me to be their therapist as well.
I think I'll easily find the right balance of social and solitude THROUGH my activities. I have my golf buddies M-F, for the first time in 30 years I'll be joining a fitness center, and cycling friends, music buddies, etc. I'm also planning to travel and visit old friends, and get back into my mountain vacations.
Going forward I just know that I want to be responsible for as little as possible - and that includes material things. The coming months are going to bring a huge selling off of things that I don't absolutely need.