Thanks for saying that, Bhagpuss. It sounds like you’ve got a lovely daily life going on as well. Give Beryl a pat for me 🙂

I think that my commentary around our current lifestyle perhaps being ‘boring’ probably originates from a lot of media that gives the impression that retirement should be a non-stop rollercoaster ride of travel, discovery, and adventure. The same media portrays people who don’t have that kind of retirement lifestyle as ‘wasting away’ or ‘sad’.

But here Irene and I are, sitting on the deck or puttering about small things near our home, feeling more than simply content. I feel like this laid back approach is something I must have deeply craved without really even being aware of it. Rushing from work to vacation to chores and back to work for the past 40 plus years feels more like the anomaly to me than my single year of retirement.