This week I talked to someone I had not seen in a few years. We had worked on some projects together, and from there, we became good friends.
We discussed old shared memories, family, and how the world is going. But part of the call was about aches, pains, and retirement thoughts. We didn’t discuss any of that years ago, when we used to spend time together.
Neither of us is going to retire soon, but it’s something already showing up somewhere on our horizon. It’s also not exclusive to my conversation with that one friend, but a trend I have been noticing with other friends and contemporaneous people around me.
I do not like admitting this, but I can’t hide the reality. I’m a middle-aged man quickly getting old, as part of my body likes to remind me every morning when I wake up.
@javier It’s one of those “sneaks up on you “ things for me. I have loved my work and in a way, and especially some days, I can’t imagine not doing it. But I’m growing used to the retirement idea which is becoming less about an absence of work and more about what I could do with my time. It’s looking like freedom, in a nice way.
But the first times I thought seriously about it as a real event, I didn’t have that same feeling.
I’d say I see it kind of similar. I think about it often but in terms of planning, making sure I’ll be able to have a good and comfortable time. When sometimes the thought comes in the form of “oh, s**t!”, then wish I could retire now and ensure some of that freedom of time… just in case.