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What Can I Do To Keep Busy Once I Retire

What Can I Do To Keep Busy Once I Retire?

Post author By Laura Weers
Post date January 10, 2025
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God Will Direct You

God knows what he wants you to do when you retire, and he will guide you and show you the way. When one door closes, God will open another door for you with much more behind that door. I became a lay minister for my church, and I love to call people on the phone and read my inspirations with laura post to them. I also visit with them, and I learn a great deal from our visits. I play my harmonicas at some assisted living facilities and rest homes. I love visiting people at the rest homes and look forward to our visits. I love to try to lift people’s spirits and listen to their joys and concerns. God knows all about you and where you can do the most good at whatever point you are on your life’s journey.

Gardening

I love gardening, and it offers bountiful harvests of many different types, such as exercise, enjoying the great outdoors, and eating healthy vegetables. Working the soil and raising crops gives one a great sense of accomplishment. It has been proven that gardeners are more mobile, fit, and trim than those who do not. I love mowing my yard and keeping my place looking neat and trim. I also love to keep my trees trimmed and bushes and brush under control. I use a small chainsaw that takes care of most tree trimming.

Travel

If you have not traveled much, start now, as one’s health and body can deteriorate quickly, making travel impossible. If you have a particular location, make plans to go there and enjoy the food, sights, and people and see all that you want to see in the time frame that you have allocated. Traveling with someone you know who enjoys the same things you do makes the vacation twice as lovely, and you will share and cherish those moments forever.

Get Out With Friends

In retirement, the worst thing you can do is stay in your house and be bored. Friends make even the bad times good by knowing what to say to you and motivating you in the right direction. If someone wants to be a friend with you, never say no if you think the friendship would work out well for both of you. One can never have too many good and trusted friends. God put family and friends on earth to help us along our journey in life.

If You Have A Desire To Do Something You Always Wanted To Do Now Is The Time

If you want to write and publish a book, write a song, do artwork, and much more, go for it. Some people have an old car that belonged to their Father, which they have always wanted to redo, and they now have time to make that dream a reality. You may want to remodel your home or downsize, so do it now and enjoy it for many years. Never put things off, or you may never get your dream completed. Think positive and keep your mind active with lifelong learning classes, reading, crossword puzzles, and more. I hope you enjoy a happy and healthy retirement for many years.

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Upcoming Events

Most of us Look Forward To Upcoming Events

I love to make travel plans with a friend, and I am overjoyed as time gets closer to when we take off on our vacation. Trips are fun and relaxing, and I love historic places and events. Looking forward to things keeps a person happy and content. Attending college, meeting new people, and taking classes that will enrich your life. What you learn can never be taken away from you as you will always retain that knowledge that will take you far and broaden your horizons regarding what you can achieve. An idle mind wastes time; you must keep enriching and learning new things daily. A friend once told me it is good to learn something new every day, and she was right. I was on a trip with a friend, and she wanted to attend church on Sunday. I foolishly said we were on vacation. She immediately told me what if God wanted to take a vacation on Sunday when we needed him desperately. I immediately said I would go to church. I am so glad we attended church on Sundays, as I enjoyed listening to the sermons and visiting with the parishioners. I learned a lot about each church and who started the church in each community. The people in church invited us to eat with them after church. Always attend church whenever you can while traveling.

We Look Forward To Exciting Challenges, Marriage, Children And More

Do something that challenges you now and then. See how many of your favorite kinds of books you can read in one year. Start an exercise regimen and watch those unwanted pounds shed away; you will be happier and healthier. Marrying the love of your life, spending many memorable and quality moments together, and having children and grandchildren that will carry on after you are gone are goals of many. I look forward to concerts and listening to people’s life stories. I like to look at new artwork at my local art museum and look at things in historical museums.

We Will Have Many Events Take Place In Our Life Over The Years

As we age, we will have health issues that we must get through, hopefully with loved ones by our side. I have noticed that some people in nursing homes have no one who comes to visit them except once a year. If you see or know such a person, contact them as they will enjoy your company. I am sure they would like to share their life story with you, and you will take away much by listening to them. As we get older, we do not want drama in our lives. We want peace, security, understanding, compassion, respect, love, and people who will go the extra mile to ensure we are happy, well cared for, and loved. Surround people with love, peace, joy, and hope, and make sure they live the best life possible. God bless those that touch the lives of others in positive ways.

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Where Do We Go From Here?

Post author By Laura Weers
Post date July 21, 2023
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Working And Retirement

When I work at a job, I do my best possible work. If I complete my task early, I move on to the next task. I never sit down and have a break until it is break time. I do not like people that sit and play games on their computer on the company’s time as that is not clever. You are robbing the company and the people that come into it as they have to raise their prices because you have not completed your daily task. If one person does not do their work, it lands on everyone that comes through the doors of that business in sum way or the other. In my retirement years, I want to take in as much as possible and relax, enjoy nature, travel, and go to new places. Keep busy in retirement and do not dwell on what could have been, as that is a total waste of time and energy that could have had positivity. Spend time with your loved ones and your family, and maybe go on a vacation together. Enjoy your golden years to the best of your ability, and always think of what you can do instead of what you cannot do. Stay positive for a long and rewarding life. You empower your life and never let an illness empower you. Thank God every day for your many blessings.

Traveling

Sometimes unplanned day trips can be the most fun as you do not have a schedule, and you can do and see what you want. I’m not too fond of trips that have the whole day planned. I like trips with at least 2 hours daily to do your own thing. Traveling can be tiring if you move to a new hotel every other night. I find trips very relaxing if I can explore and enjoy the town over three days without moving to a new location. If you have an excellent tour guide which I have most of the time, you will be able to see most of the highlights of each town or village you stop at. I love to try new foods and visit with the local people, and go shopping. I love concerts, historical places, museums, living history, and more. I started traveling in the USA and then decided to travel overseas. I quickly learned to pack a light suitcase and never regretted it. I loved learning the history of each place that I traveled to. I also loved that my ancestors had walked over those streets in the 1600s. My goal was to go to every country my ancestors had come from and see the area they had come from. I got to see the farm that my Great Grandfather had lived on before he came to America, and I also visited and had a delicious meal that my relatives had prepared for us upon our arrival. I loved staying at a small Swiss village in Giswil. The small village was like I had stepped back in time. I could hear the cows clanking their bells in the morning, and I loved their small, well-kept church. Keep traveling and enjoying life to its fullest potential. Remember the song: Ain’t nothing going to break my stride. I have to keep on moving now.

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