Use it Wisely & Reap Benefits

 Approaching retirement age was something I was looking forward to for many years ahead.

As I felt, it came faster than I expected because I really had a good time performing my tasks day in and day out.

However, after being in the so-called Rat Race for four decades or so, getting adjusted to the new lifestyle will be somewhat hard thing initially for most, unless if you have not prepared yourself both mentally as well as physically to face the new challenges.

Retirement means No more schedules to meet neither the current weather is no longer an issue after that and because of that one is left with so much freedom and more time for indulgence.

I had no issues getting into the new Retired lifestyle and I did it like a duck into the water.

I had a few good habits cultivated in me long before this Retirement saga begins.

Reading is one of them and the rest too fit well into the extra available pace without any qualm.

Initially, most of my spare time was funnelled to initiate a few community projects in and around the neighbourhood and they were well received too.

Buddha Statue - Mihindu Mawatha - Makumbura

Those efforts have helped me to metaphorically speaking to build new bridges and repair old ones in the neighbourhood.

They were previously put to the backburner, obviously due to the nature of my employment.

Then the pandemic came in and that gave most of us extra free times as the movements of many have been restricted and fun and outdoor activities curtailed.

However, despite having so much free time in their hands, many could not cope up with the extra free time fell from the sky.

I have seen in many social media sites where many were cursing the free time they are now endowed with.

One way to get their frustration and boredom out of their the system is to go and flood social media sites to portrait themselves as pious, patriots etc.

Then they go and indulge in many unhealthy activities and most of them are on the borderline of vice and unwise, yet have the audacity to post them everywhere, despite their previous claims of being very pious, patriotic and the list of Ps galore.

Instead of wasting their time and others too, these people should use this gift from above to upgrade themselves and be prepared for the next wave of things to unfold.

Use the same tool, the social media platforms that many are either being misused and or underused to upgrade one’s skills than cursing of everything under the sun from morning till night on social media platforms.

Once someone learns how to manage the available time well, many things will fall into the right places and complete the big picture.

Extra time in hand is not a curse but a blessing, but only if you know how to avail it wisely.

Time is one commodity that had been fair to all living beings from the time it came into existence.

Therefore use it wisely and reap the benefits.

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