What I Have Been Doing in My Retirement (Hint: It’s Not Gardening)

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As I approached retirement, I attended many retirement potlucks to ask soon-to-be retirees about their plans for the rest of their lives. Their answers never failed to disappoint: “I always said I need more time to work in my garden, now I’ll have plenty of time!,” “I will bake a lot more,” “I plan on working parttime for my son/daughter who said they need some extra help in their business,” “I’m going to continue riding my bicycle, but now take longer trips like through Alaska or Chile or Scandinavia,” “My son says he needs some help fixing up his 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS.” All shit I hate to do or have no interest in learning.

In nearly four years of my retirement, I have been working an ever-deepening dent in my La-Z-Boy, watching the car icon move across the DoorDash website as the deliverer brings my DQ Blizzards, El Pollo Loco tostadas, Five Guys burgers and fries, Jimboy’s tacos and taquitos, and Shake Shack shakes.

I have bought more shit on Amazon and tore into the boxes as if I am a little kid on Christmas. Oh, and speaking of Amazon, I bought my first digital scale, so I don’t have to see all the other possible outcomes from eating too much DoorDash whirl before my eyes by before landing on that new, never-before-achieved weight.

10 responses to “What I Have Been Doing in My Retirement (Hint: It’s Not Gardening)”

  1. Frank Hubeny Avatar

    Don’t break the scale. 🙂

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  2. Spira Avatar

    If we aren’t like everybody else, why should we retire like everybody else?

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  3. Violet Lentz Avatar

    My take on retirement has followed a similar vein. I only wish I could indulge in all those delivered delicacies though! Oh- and tell you friend- Alaskans are totally and completely NOT compliant with the bylaws of bicycle etiquette practiced in the lower 48. I’d stick with Chile or Scandinavia if I was them. hehehe

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  4. poetisatinta Avatar

    That made me smile 😃

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  5. D. Avery @shiftnshake Avatar

    It’s your time to indulge some wants, the heck with needs.

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  6. clark Avatar

    did the same, the digital scale, but for god knows what reason, got one with a semi-English woman telling me the bad news

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    1. whatsystem Avatar

      LOL!

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  7. olivia Avatar

    As long as it’s working for you… 💜

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  8. messymimi's meanderings Avatar

    You gotta be you, and they gotta be they.

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  9. Rene Heartsong Avatar

    This is great! I absolutely relate to the whole Amazon addiction!

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