Is Retirement Productivity an Oxymoron?
My retirement goal was to become a retirement influencer. I had big dreams of writing about my exciting retirement lifestyle, giving advice, and making a ton of money as an authorized representative of all the cool products I would get my millions of followers to purchase. This did not become my reality. Instead, I eased into my retirement. I gave myself a year to adjust to not working. That is what all the retirement influencers I follow advise. It has been one year, one month, and two days since I officially retired and I am not sure if I have adjusted yet. How long does it take to get over the feeling of needing to be productive? How long does it take to develop a reasonable daily routine? Do I need a reasonable daily routine? When do I stop thinking about my former job? Maybe it takes one year, one month, and two days because I’ve decided that I am ready to move on. I had an epiphany of sorts today. Due to the political funding cuts to federal programs that support the n...