Awful weather - typical Brits talk

greenbee

Wort - I'm also talking to a financial advisor today for the same reason. I'm struggling to work out day-to-day living costs as I've been doing up houses for the last 15-odd years! And I'm a bit concerned that if I'm retired I'll have more time to spend money on plants…

twopenny

More time to look for the bargains in plant sections 😊 grow from cuttings and seeds. Enjoying what you have. Buying stuff is a displacement activity when you don't have time.

I had a phase of going round garden centres in a 20 mile radius with coffee, cake or a picnic. Seeing what was on offer. A pleasant day out. Got my wisteria and apricot at half price.

Retirement means you don't take exotic holidays 4 times a year for some of us but tailor to something that interests you. And the joy of getting home and the feeling stays, not vanishing in floods of emails and catch up stuff. Depends on what makes you happy.