Retirement: 3 articles I found interesting

  • 26th Nov 2024
  • 2 min read

(I have not linked the article while I figure out how, or should.)

I've been retired just shy of 2 months. I don't think there's been a day that I haven't had things to do. Ruled by my to-do list. Here are some Mark thoughts:

  1. The to-do list is never-ending. Am I going to work the list every day from here out, or am I going to take some days and call them "days off" from to to-do list?

  2. Many days have had some sort of "twist". I woke up with a plan, but the plan needed to change. I can only blame my wife for a few of these. Some of them have been caused by the complexity of the transition. For example, I recently received a bill for my wife's Corning pre-65 health-care insurance. I assumed this would be deducted from my pension. I've had 2 pension direct deposits but still no access or sign of a pay stub to see what they're deducting. This kind of thing can cause a lot of phone calls and time on the computer. (And yes you can have it deducted from the pension if you make the arrangements.) Today my wife is not working and has decided we should go see the movie "Wicked". It's cheap Tuesday at the theater and I'm on a budget, so this is the day to go.

  3. I've found myself in situations where I'm dealing with things outside my wheelhouse. For example, I was visiting my mother recently and wanted to add grab bars to her bathtub. This morphed into no grab bars and learning how to patch a small hole in a fiberglass tub. When I was working I generally didn't have these sort of experiences - I was comfortable and confident with the work.

I've attached few articles from a recent Kiplinger Retirement Report I received. I haven't watched as many retirement videos recently so have fewer to share.

Wishing all of you a happy and safe Thanksgiving.

Mark.