The Blivet Lifestyle and Retirement

We can't do __________ (you fill in the blank), we're just too busy!

I would like to have a dollar for every time we have said this to each other since last June. How is this possible?

After all we are both retired, no real job and should have plenty of time to do all the stuff that we want to do. Unfortunately or fortunately depending upon how you look at it - since retiring I have been very, very busy almost every day doing something. Often there have been 7 day weeks to get the things done, that we want done.

What I am Learning

Why Retirement? - Looking Back

What is the biggest difference that I have noticed since I have retired?

How tired and drained I was - emotionally, mentally and physically when I hit the beach on June 17th.

Tired, Stressed and Out of Shape

You just don't realize how beat down, tired, stressed out and out of shape that you are, when you are out there working. Putting in all those hours to have the money for the lifestyle you have chosen. When you are in the middle of the doing, you don't realize what the "rat race takes out of you, it has become just the way it is.

Welcome to Aging Reluctantly.org

Bennie and Me

I started working on "Aging Reluctantly" back in April, but just never got around to making it an active part of my life. You know all of those good intentions that you have when starting a new project and then life just smacks you upside of the head and stops you dead in the water.

That is basically what happened to "Aging Reluctantly", it has been floating at the edges of the Sargasso Sea trying to get out and finally broke free the other day and is underway again.

What to Expect

We decided take full advantage of my being retired from the U.S. Coast Guard and go into what I call semi-retirement. What is semi-retirement more on that in other posts, but it doesn't mean that I will never have another job, because I probably will. However, I plan to go as long as possible before I re-enter the "rat race.