Don’t people who retire trade their work routine for a non-work routine?
I have noticed that at the coffee house I frequent (which will remain nameless), when I go in the morning I always see the same people. By age or confession, they are retired. It is like by their conversation and action they have a routine they have adapted, stopping at the coffee house every morning for a few hours to meet their other retired buddies is part of it. When people retire don’t they go climb some mountains, travel, and all the other junk you were supposed to get ready for when you retire, or do they just get in a rut doing a non-work routine?
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Depends on the person. And one can’t be always climbing mountains and travelling to distant lands. People crave a little structure in their lives, so they like to wander down to the coffee place at the same time everyday.
They are saying the same thing about you – “everyday I come in here and there is @Hypocrisy_Central getting the same half caf skinny extra large caramel macchiato and a maple scone with two butters.”
I hope to never be one of those old guys hanging out at a coffee shop every morning. I see myself at a golf course or a strip club.
It depends on the person and their disposable income. You have no way of knowing if the people you see are climbing mountains or not.
What is wrong with a routine? They are still capable of doing things outside their routine.
When I retired everybody and their uncle had suggestions (unasked for) on what I should do to “keep busy”. I didn’t want to be “busy” I wanted to do what I wanted to do, not some socially mandated form of productive (read “busy”). I have dogs, so there is necessary routine inherent in that. I have friends whom I enjoy seeing and they have routines.
And sometimes I go climb those mountains and travel, and if someone is noticing, well, they’re welcome to ask me what I’ve been up to.
So let me suggest, @Hypocrisy_Central, that one of those mornings, take an extra minute and strike up a conversation with those folks. You might hear some interesting stories.
Maybe those people you see are discussing their latest travels. Retired people often do develop a new routine after retirement, which might include gathering in a coffee shop and socializing.
My routine since I retired is usually this: First one in the house out of bed; let the dog out; make breakfast; rouse wife and daughter for work and school respectively; pack lunches; get them out of the house on time; have aforementioned breakfast; clean house; gardening, or other project du jour; lunch; pre-cook dinner; get cleaned up and go to school to teach music; come home, serve dinner; spend evening with family.
Once in a while I might go out for coffee or lunch with a friend, but most of my friends still have jobs that prevent that.
If sitting in a coffee shop every day with other guys was my daily routine I’m afraid I’d blow my brains out.
I started this business. It took off and now I have employees and a very demanding large customer.
Life is exciting. I wish I had done it sooner.
I have a job that has no routine. That is if you don’t call chaos and pandemonium a routine. My work schedule is like a kaleidoscope where I never get the same days off, I start work at different times working all shifts and it is hit and miss on the weekend. Also I work at 4 different locations.
I dream of having a routine and doing my own thing when I retire.
Hey, In another thread a while ago I listed what I needed. I got no takers.
I need technical help in a particular field. High speed embedded systems. I might have someone lined up but a few pieces must fall in place first.
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