RonRC
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My retirement started on May 31, 2016, but due to some inconvenient life events I didn't move out of my office at work until last week.
Tell you what: packing boxes full of books and plaques and photos and memorabilia really does give finality to the whole retirement idea. I hauled 3 SUV loads of boxes from my former office to my home. It took weeks of going through books and other materials at home to make room for all the paraphernalia I brought from the office.
I am doing some consulting projects out of my home office, but it still feels very strange being retired from my main job. All those students running around campus aren't "my kids" anymore. There is no line of students waiting outside my office to ask me how to solve some hydrology or fluid mechanics problems. I've been asked to come back to give some talks in various courses now and again, but it isn't the same.
It is well known that changes in life can generate stress, even if the change is positive. It will take a while for me to get over the transition and fully accept it. But, it's time. I'll be 70 in January and will be able to do some activities I didn't have time for before.
I'll be able to go shooting during the week and not have to wait until the weekend when the range is crowded. I can get to the gym at least 3 times a week. I won't be working when hunting season comes around! I could jump into the car and drive out to my friend's ranch in Caddo, OK (as long as I don't do it too often - it can get costly).
Or, I could just lay in the lounge chair and eat bonbons while watching Hoss and Little Joe on The Ponderosa reruns on TV. (What the heck are bonbons, anyway?)
Ron
Tell you what: packing boxes full of books and plaques and photos and memorabilia really does give finality to the whole retirement idea. I hauled 3 SUV loads of boxes from my former office to my home. It took weeks of going through books and other materials at home to make room for all the paraphernalia I brought from the office.
I am doing some consulting projects out of my home office, but it still feels very strange being retired from my main job. All those students running around campus aren't "my kids" anymore. There is no line of students waiting outside my office to ask me how to solve some hydrology or fluid mechanics problems. I've been asked to come back to give some talks in various courses now and again, but it isn't the same.
It is well known that changes in life can generate stress, even if the change is positive. It will take a while for me to get over the transition and fully accept it. But, it's time. I'll be 70 in January and will be able to do some activities I didn't have time for before.
I'll be able to go shooting during the week and not have to wait until the weekend when the range is crowded. I can get to the gym at least 3 times a week. I won't be working when hunting season comes around! I could jump into the car and drive out to my friend's ranch in Caddo, OK (as long as I don't do it too often - it can get costly).
Or, I could just lay in the lounge chair and eat bonbons while watching Hoss and Little Joe on The Ponderosa reruns on TV. (What the heck are bonbons, anyway?)
Ron