In the first week or so after retirement how many of you still felt the pull to get up at the same time every morning or steer in the direction of work when out and about?

Absolutely, positively, never. And I liked my job.

Nope.

Not me.

I will most likely have the desire to steer towards work until I can no longer hut or fish. I have to go to the guard shack and turn in my retiree pass to get a key to the gate to the hunting area or lake owned by the place I retired from. But I will say it is nice to sometimes be the only person in the woods or fishing.
I still see folks driving in to go to work and they ask me if I am ready to come back. I point at the boat and answer a resounding NO, retirement is great.

5 days into a 6 day trip to Salida Colo to watch my Son run a mountain trail marathon. No rush to get back so sitting down to eat in Clayton NM at Wild Horse Steakhouse. Retired life is good.

Man that looks like a great time Freerange!!!

Your part of that trip....not your son's part!

A marathon on mountain trails. Holy chit man

When you ask your buddies to do something "spur of the moment" and they tell you, "I can't, have to work", LOL. Conversely, you know you're working when you ask your retired buddy to go golfing on the weekend and he tells you, "I've been golfing all week already", LOL...

Man I can’t wait . I try not to rush my life away but I want to be retired so bad.

Freerange - we are planning a trip to Colorado for late July - we have been to most all of the fun towns so looking for something new - we plan to drive - did Durango last year - may go to Telluride or Crested Butte - not many bad places in Colorado for sure
hope you enjoyed your trip

[quote=tlk]Freerange - we are planning a trip to Colorado for late July - we have been to most all of the fun towns so looking for something new - we plan to drive - did Durango last year - may go to Telluride or Crested Butte - not many bad places in Colorado for sure
hope you enjoyed your trip

Tlk look at Lake Valiecito just north of Bayfield Co. Half way between Durango and Pagaso Springs. There is also a small casino about 30 miles south of there in NM. Lots of great cabins and good places to eat on the lake.

Done Crested twice now in the summer. Beautiful place.

If you do go there, get a reservation (in advance) at "Sunflower" and say you want the chef's tasting - and just keep letting you bring food out until you get full. Also, they have a private room up top that has a 2 top and a 4 top. If you can get one of those (especially the 4 top), I highly recommend it. Private rom basically. They have some wild game on occasional on the menu, and the chefs there are phenomenal. Made the Top 5 meals I've ever had in my life, and I've been lucky to have that be a competitive list. Also, I'm not a drinker anymore, but my wife and friends asked for the chef's wine pairings for each entree, and they were all top notch. About 50% of the folks (mainly locals) go in and just ask for whatever the chef recommends. All winners. Secret Stash is a fan favorite for pizzas there. Niky's mini donuts is a cool spot to visit if you have a sweet tooth. Camp 4 Coffee is solid coffee shop, with their own roasts. Buddy always brings me back some. Quality. Lake Irwin was a cool place to throw a line in the water and Irwin Brewing company is a well liked local brewery. Went fly fishing and have some suggestions for good guides, if you plan to do that. Also did a rafting trip with the fam at Three Rivers Resort/Outfitters in Gunnison. They do a good job.

I love retirement......spend time with family in the hill country and coast. Mostly stay in Scottsdale, Az with miss lady friend playing pasture pool (golf) Something I never envisioned myself doing but I really enjoy it
Having lotsa fun as long as my health holds out

I can recommend Lake City, CO, home of famous 1860s cannibal, Edward Packer. They have a festival every Summer in Mr. Packer's honor with some really cool t-shirts as you can imagine. Got one 30 years ago, "I ate Till I couldn't anymore just like Edward", LOL....Good lake fishing and very scenic around there.

That’s hat it’s all about , do what you want to do

Every day is Saturday, unless ya go to church on Sunday. 😎🥃

You know you’re retired when….you got time to just pull over and post on THF. West outa Gainesville to Muenster and north to Okla is one of the most beautiful drives ever. Must be lots of Dallas money up here to semi manicure this country. Pastures look more like golf courses. Lots of hay been baled. Remarkable how it’s one high vista after another. Seems like one high point should block the view from others but they just keep rolling one after another. Literally takes my breath away.
Then Robert Earl Keens Feeling Good Again came on and I thought I was in Heaven. Well, surely there won’t be wind turbines in Heaven….

I'll be 69 this year but our little wholesale operation pulls in too much cash to walk from. Working 1-3 days per week keeps both my body and my brain firing on all cylinders. Since the business belongs to my wife and I, we decide when/if to work. If we want a month off for travel, we take it. When the Grand kids have a recital, we are there. When I decided to add two bedrooms and bathroom to my house, I went to work more to get the cash. I am not the kind of guy who can sleep in and do nothing - never could because that's not how I am wired.

We moved lakefront four years ago so I can fish off my dock or go boating everyday that the mood strikes. I may consider retirement when I get old. Having too much fun right now.

Marc

When retired, every night is a Friday night and every day is a Saturday!

this is what I am doing - 69 years old - I am self employed and work about half a day - keeps me active and involved but also allows me the practice for full retirement - still generating income while enjoying life

The first 8 weeks of retirement I packed the entire house into boxes and moved to the Ozarks. Steering back to work was not anywhere near my mind.
Now I enjoy summers getting started in the gardens at 7 AM, done by 10, eat and nap till 1PM.
Too many fun and interesting things to do around the acreage and in the forest to think about previous work. No meetings, memos, arguments, or justifications requests required to build an 8' x 8' x 3' container garden and plant whatever grows.

Fun to watch the deer and new fawns grazing in the back 5 acres. The cats haven't figured out deer yet. But they did tree a ground hog last week.

Awesome clean living there.