Hi,
As the senior (age-wise) member of this group, here are my impressions on retirement. I retired in 2008. I loved my job, so for me retirement was a challenge. I had to find things to fill my time. Yes, I had some interests and friends to spend time with, but not enough to fill up forty hours per week. I think you find your rhythm - how much activity feels right. R, I know you have a lot of interests. So I think you'll do fine. For me, other challenges were health issues which hampered my ability to do what I wanted, and friends and family getting sick, old, and dying. As my friend Kate said, "I need to find younger friends." Also, I used to be a very mellow person. Now little things that didn't used to bother me do bother me. On the plus side of all that, I have so much freedom to do what I want - take classes, go places, do things. visit with friends who also have a lot of free time on their hands. I'm shy, but during COVID, I felt really comfortable about calling friends because I knew that they were probably bored and welcomed the call. And I had so much time for writing. (Truthfully, I wasted quite a bit of time, but I still managed to get a fair amount of writing in.)
So good luck with jubiglee. Let's both put a lot of glee into 2024. This is me signing off. Elaine