Just retired…

Sunsh1ne54

Purplelady65 said:

I would agree with your comment that you need to be patient. You need to give your body time to recover from all your years of working. You also said you’d had to pack a lot in at the end to do your handover which probably added to your stress and fatigue. I got chatting to a woman at the swimming pool a couple of weeks ago. She said she and her husband had retired 6 weeks ago. She had had a really busy and stressful job for many years working lots of hours and said she had been been spending a lot of her time since retiring watching box sets on tv. Really just as a wind down from work and enjoying not having to race around. She had lots of plans but was just giving herself time to rest and recuperate before she started all her activities. 

I think that’s the way to do it - give yourself time to wind down. It’s not until we stop that it hits us. 

Sunsh1ne54

Roger175 said:

Sunsh1ne54. At the risk of stating the obvious, if your tiredness doesn't pass soon, do get yourself checked out. Two years ago, my wife started suffering extreme tiredness, which turned out to be a thyroid problem (all now sorted). Don't just assume your assumption regards retirement is correct. Now retired, the main thing is that you look after your health in order to enjoy it. Best wishes.  

Thank you, that’s good advice. I’ll certainly visit the GP if it doesn’t improve. Pleased to hear your wife’s thyroid issue is sorted. I’ve had a pretty good day today, so fingers crossed it continues. Thanks again