New Things!

k6chris

What are the new things that you have done / tried / experienced in retirement, that you had not done / tried / experienced before? (and would you do them again??!)

Terron

Signed up for a food/recipe delivery service. Now I have more time to cook I wanted to expand my range. I don't get it every week, but it has enabled me to try new things, some I liked, some I didn't. Some are new favourites. The one I made today was pretty good.

OldMusicGuy

Zero new things. I am spending time doing all the things I love doing but never had time to do while I was working. And there's not enough time in the day, so goodness knows if I will ever have time for anything new!

bugslet

I can't answer this as I've not retired yet though it's close (I think), but I did make a list of things that like OMG wanted to do more of because I don't currently have time (eg dressmaking, I currently produce about one item of clothing a year), or things that I have done and would like to see if they still appeal (ice-skating, think I was 16 last time I did that) and then a list of things that I've never done but would like to (gliding, several places I'd like to visit, take up the harp, buy a narrowboat).

It finally covered a side of A4, of which about half were new things. I expect some I might change my mind on, some might not suit me but there are enough to look promising!

Linton

Voluntary work a few hours a week meeting/helping great people I would never have met under other circumstances. Recommended for all retirees.


Buy a narrowboat and spend 3+ months a year cruising. Again, highly recommended.

mr.wendal

Playing in a band. highly recommended.
Read everything on my reading list, now have an even longer list.

As others have said it’s mostly about doing more of the things you enjoy, or getting back to something you used to do but lost touch with.

I always imagined my house would be spotless once I. retired due to all my extra time for cleaning. How wrong I was. Too busy doing stuff I enjoy.

Anonymous101

I'm not retired by a long way but when I do I would really like to learn a language. With the newly freed up time and mental capacity that I see retirement giving I think it would be an ideal pass time. Of course one which could be helped by longer trips oversea's than were possible pre-retirement.

MallyGirl

I would like to rekindle my schoolgirl French and would like to learn to play the piano. For the piano, that has been a long held wish and I did try to keep up with DD when she first started but she left me far behind and will take grade 8 next term. The plan now is for me to take her slot with the piano teacher when DD goes off to uni rather than wait till retirement and find the arthritis has advanced too much.

Spreadsheetman

I haven't retired yet, still a year out assuming the plan works. However, I'm very much with OldMusicGuy, there are so many hobbies and pastimes that I don't have enough time for that I would like to get back into.

In the first couple of years there will be a fair amount of house maintenance/smartening up prior to a downsize (although more of a sideways move to a slightly bigger house in a cheaper area).

I also want to return to having a holiday somewhere warm while it is winter here, although a few weeks rather than just the one that could be spared from work. That holiday has been put on hold for the last 6 years while maxing savings has been the priority.

atush

When the husband retires, and we spend 6 months in the USA I am going to go back to work part time.

Not so much for the money, but to increase my SocSec pension. It is done in quarters so I could get one for working 3 months.

It will get me out of the house while he is golfing.

bostonerimus

I retired and didn't work for four years....then an old colleague asked me to help with a small company he's started.......so I'm learning the ropes of consulting and being self employed part time. I'm in the USA so like atush the social security credits are nice to have along with the extra income which goes straight into a self employed pension.

I've been doing a lot more bicycle touring and have ridden Iceland and across the USA