Something about beautiful weather that makes old people feel good. It's when you can finally achieve this harmoniousīalance in your life that you know that you are successfully retired.Īnd you want to know something else I've discovered? There is I'm more concerned about what I'm going to Who cares what happens in Syria? It's not my You don't care about, or attend the latest play, or even followĬurrent events. You think you "should" do-like raise money for some charity Youĭon't deal with people who make you feel bad or hurt yourįeelings-or you just plain don't like. This means you avoid situations that make you anxious. You have to set up a situation where every day is pleasant. Some interesting business? Do you spend your time eating right andĮxercising so you'll live a little longer? Do you stay home indoorsĪnd try not to panic? I've tried them all, and none is quite right.īut I have learned "the secret"-the thing you have to do Do you travel? Get a new hobby? Do you get a fun job or start ![]() It's aĬonstant mental processing of how to spend the time you have left before ![]() Here's what I've learned about retirement. I've even promised her my mother's old minkĬoat if she'll just keep slipping my mail through the postage I also have remained very friendly with Bea, Highlighters, folders, and maybe a new stapler, even though I never use Into the supply doset for some legal pads, pens and pencils, Leave by the back door, but only after looking both ways and slipping Reasons I have to drop by the office every couple of weeks, and then I You want to know what I really miss most about work? The supplyĬloset. Things about the way your cable TV is set up. Who puts out his garbage on the wrong days or all those mysterious Obsess about the things in life that really matter, like that neighbor ![]() Who's after your job, the drop in readership that's beingīlamed on you, that brilliant idea you had that nobody is gettingīehind-I can't believe all the time I wasted obsessing about such What I don't miss are the office politics. Know who had been arrested lately, and then laugh and laugh. Would pour out their troubles to me-their problems with the people they To sell ads or sitting in the bar at the Ritz. What fun we would haveĭuring those long afternoons when the boss was out of the office, trying People-the young and attractive ones, anyway. ![]() I do miss certain things about going to work every day. It's back to The Price Is Right and the Jody Arias trial. Now I just write whatever pops into my head. "phoning it in." I used to worry so about getting it right andīeing clever. True, I still have to write this stupid column to supplement my meager Social Security benefits, but as you can see, I am basically I myself have been retired for almost a year now and I love it. When you can't remember what you're talking about. Misquoted the quote-it should be "When I go, I'm going likeĮlsie"-thereby answering her own question: It's time to go Like Chelsea," meaning that when she does it, it will be once andįor all, with no regrets and no second guesses. "When is it time to quit your job?" Barbara quoted a song fromĬabaret as the basis for her decision. Retire, which leads to an interesting question for us boomers: I saw in the paper this morning that Barbara Walters has decided to
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