While sitting on the balcony and contemplating retirement it dawned on me that the Senior Gene is made of two equal parts: Time and Money! Both items we either have too much or not enough.
Let's talk about time. Up until retirement the average person worked forty hours a week, factor in the daily lunch and time to drive to and fro work, it comes to around fifty hours a week that were occupied and suddenly are available. Life and our routine as we knew has changed forever.
What to do, that is the question. For the first few months we just decompress from having worked for fifty odd years give or take a few and getting up the same time during the week.
We are told by experts AARP and geriatric specialists what to do and how to do it. NO! Do what you always wanted to do. Fill your life with moments of happiness. Create your routine and if it does not suit you or make you contend, discard. We are adults, worked our entire life and the time we now have is the earned principle we accumulated for working and participating in the system for all these years.
This is the reason behind that we exhibit at times a touch of eccentric behavior. And why not? We earned it! Let us embrace the Senior Gene I and spend the time as we see fit, no matter how unconventional it may appear to our family or other people.
Besides, your family will love you anyway and just think of the wonderful stories the relatives will have to gossip about.
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