My (semi) Retirement Life !

For many years, I had been looking forward to reaching retirement age.

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, getting adjusted to the new lifestyle will be a 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 and the current weather is no longer an issue 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 in the water.

I had a few good habits cultivated in me long before this retirement saga began.

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

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

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

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

Then came the pandemic, which gave most of us extra free time because many people's movements were restricted, and fun and outdoor activities were curtailed.

Despite having so much more free time in their hands now, many are still find unable to cope with the gift fallen from the sky above us.

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

One way for them to get their frustration and boredom out of their system is to flood social media sites with pictures of themselves as pious, patriots, and so on.

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 or underused to upgrade one’s skills rather than cursing everything under the sun from morning till night on social media platforms.

If coding is not one’s pot or kettle, then look for something that you are passionate about.

Look for a skill where it can be put to good use for a side hustle and make a few extra quid.

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 use it wisely.

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

Therefore, use it wisely and reap the benefits.