If you are not retired, read this at your own risk. It may be like saying to a small child, “there is no Santa Claus.” If you are retired, don’t bother to read any further. You already know all of the lessons I am learning.
· I am learning to procrastinate. Already know how to do that? Just wait, retirement makes it worse. You think you can always cut the grass tomorrow.
· It may not be smart to retire before your spouse does (Honey, please don’t read this). Sometimes she might leave a little note about something that could be done just in case you get bored.
· I am learning that I have more time than money.
· I am also learning I don’t have as much time as I thought I had. When you get older it takes longer to get up, get dressed, and remember where you were headed when you walked out of the kitchen.
· I am learning that I miss my work associates. Where are the secretary and custodian when I need them now?
· I am learning that the sound of the phone ringing now makes my heart jump with anticipation rather than run with fear!
· I am learning that my yard keeps getting bigger, the shrubs larger, and the lawn mower less efficient.
· I am learning that everyone else seems to have many ideas about what I can do with my time.
· I am finding that when I get into a conversation with a pretty lady at the supermarket, she starts talking about her grandfather who is also retired or recently deceased.
· I am finding that I get resentful when the clerk at the store sarcastically calls me “young man.”
· I am finding that I have forgotten the frustrations, long hours, bone aching fatigue, and all the other things which caused me to say, “when I retire…”
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