I retired when I was 55. My company outsourced our department to Mexico. I was agonizing about the whole search for a job as a 55 year old woman. My husband finally told me “why don’t you just quit, you don’t need to work, and we don’t need the money.” I was kind of shocked and it didn’t even occur to me. I had been working for 40 years and didn’t know another way to live. Fortunately finances aren’t an issue for us because we own our own company. My husband only works 2 days a week from home.

Anywho i retired. At first it was decedent. I spent weeks in my pajamas. I read tons of books. After a while I felt rudderless without the constant pull and structure of work, laundry of work clothes, having to get up at a certain time every day. My self motivation was not kicking in.

Eventually I snapped out of it and started listing all the things that I always wanted to do but didn’t have the time. I take art class twice a week and putter around my home more than I used to ..and enjoy it. I love to read and have the freedom to do that as much as I want.

It’s a drastic adjustment but it can be done