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Mine and my wife's hobbies;
Hill walking (two JR dogs to keep fit.)
Photography (Will be buying a new camera (5DIV) before retiring, and investing in /photoshop*)
Music making (computer based.)
Rock climbing (Just bouldering.)
Cooking / baking*
Gardening
Foraging
Visiting / being visited by friends*
Reading
Writing (mainly poetry, some short stories.)
Live comedy/music/theatre*
Fine dining.*
Local charity supporting (mainly RNLI)
So out of those, the main money eaters will be the one's I've marked with an asterisk*, though most require petrol outlay.
What are your retirement time uses, and how do you make the money work wisely for them?
These are mainly my hobbies, my wife struggles to find things that interest her (I have bolded her interests), although she only retired last December, I'm still working one day a week (and at the moment would prefer to continue doing so, as I almost consider that a hobby too).
Hiking
Walking
Cycling
Jogging
Swimming (about to re-start)
Lawn bowls
Indoor bowls (about to re-start)
Being with friends for dinner
Being with our dog
Cinema
TV
Gym (about to restart)Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop0
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