LIFE AFTER THE LAST MEETING
Gen X finally got its time back. Rick and Bruce are figuring out what to do with it — travel, hobbies, tech, astronomy, gear, bad ideas, and the occasional good decision.
For people who spent 40 years saying “someday” and have decided someday is getting a little cocky.
A FEW THINGS I'VE LEARNED
Retirement did not become enjoyable when work stopped. It got good when I stopped treating all my new time like another job.
Read the story : I Retired a Year Ago. Here’s What Actually Made It Good.Retirement creates a dangerous combination: time, curiosity, and enough confidence to convince yourself that a very expensive idea is obviously brilliant.
Read the story : The AstroCamper Experiment: Rent the Dream Before You Buy It.Retirement hobbies can turn into a conveyor belt of “good enough” purchases. I finally learned to price the whole path, not just the first box.
Read the story : Buy Once, Cry Once — After Buying the Cheap Thing Five Times.The best thing retirement has done for me is expose how many things I had quietly moved into a fictional future.
Read the story : Someday’s Getting a Little Cocky.
RICK & BRUCE
I’m Rick. I retired after more than four decades of work and discovered that getting your time back is only the first part. Bruce and I are using the rest of it. Sometimes wisely.
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