Originally Posted by
racedo
, possibly "loss of sense of purpose" may be more correct.
seeing so many people not cope with not having to get up and go to work everyday and life just fading away.
Indeed, ths big change is to plan ahead and actually accomplish the plan. In my last tour I had the luxury of mapping out the day's activities as I cycled to work. Cycling home I would reflect that I had done only a tenth of them.
On retirement came the void. However when they actually stopped paying me I was in a boutique hotel in Key West. A month later I was back in uniform as an RO but wholly in charge of my activities. When they stopped paying me a second time I was in the airport lounge bar in Acapulco.
SWMBO will soon get used to having a subordinate handyman on tap.
In our Rotary Club an ex-chef and ex-painter and finisher have second careers as decorators. Getting involved in an organisation can give you a new sense of purpose.