How To Ruin A Retiree's Schedule

How To Ruin A Retiree's Schedule

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Spoiler Alert:  For those of you lot all the same inwards the workforce...when you lot retire, you lot schedule gets to a greater extent than hard to manage...not easier.

Structured Time vs. Unstructured Time

Now that Thaddeus as well as I are both retired, our schedules are whatever nosotros desire them to be...kind of.

Obviously our schedules are determined past times factors out of our control...weather, concern hours, demands of solid unit of measurement as well as friends...etc.

But having such an open, unstructured schedule makes it a fleck to a greater extent than hard to schedule fourth dimension alongside others.  I can't tell you lot how many times soul volition ask, when are you lot available to chat...for coffee...to meet...etc.?  How practise I reply to that?  I typically swallow tiffin at noon as well as a lighter repast at 6:00 pm.  I too accept 2 weekly scheduled times I'm booked.

But who's to tell if I desire to become to Costco on Th morning, or become on a cycle ride on Mon afternoon because the weather condition is expected to endure good, or alternative upwardly a majority I accept reserved at the library on Fri morning?

It was then much easier to schedule inwards others inwards my life when I had a block of structured, "unavailable time" due to work.

Don't larn me wrong...I don't missy travel fifty-fifty a picayune bit.  And I am getting to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than comfortable alongside an unstructured schedule.  But it sort of reminds me of when soul told me that when a goldfish is released from a confining picayune bowl into a larger tank of water, it volition proceed to swim inside the confines the size of it's onetime bowl (I don't believe this is true, exactly I similar the analogy none the less).

Current Knitting

With an unstructured schedule, you'd intend I could at to the lowest degree brand progress on my knitting.  Alas, alongside the demands of a truthful cat inwards my lap, as well as getting to the terminate of a ball of yarn without roughly other 1 injure as well as ready, I accept done no knitting on the Silky Wool Cardigan sleeve since Monday.

I did practise roughly additional laissez passer on off the Knitted Sheet.

But you lot tin take in that is starting to progress much to a greater extent than slow equally it widens (as I predicted).

In Denial - Capacity

In Denial - Capacity

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Does one's capacity for accomplishing things larn smaller every bit ane gets older, or does ane simply give-up the ghost to a greater extent than realistic nigh what tin forcefulness out live done?

Busy Months Ahead

I know...I know...I'm retired...I should accept tons of fourth dimension on my hands in addition to I used to create all this in addition to to a greater extent than when I was nevertheless working...why can't I larn it all done now?

First of all, my career wasn't honestly that challenging in addition to I could larn most of my function done inward nigh 8 hours of actual function each week.

And since I worked from habitation for the terminal few years, retirement actually solely gave me dorsum 8 hours of fourth dimension each week.

But, since I was anchored to my desk for at to the lowest degree forty hours each calendar week (or at to the lowest degree needed to remain close), I couldn't live scheduled yesteryear Thaddeus to run to Costco or give-up the ghost larn my auto washed on a whim.  So I was dedicated to beingness somewhat productive for a lot to a greater extent than fourth dimension when I was nevertheless WORKING!  Who would accept thought?

These days, I'm getting gear upwards for the Men's Spring Knitting Retreat inward nigh v weeks...it came upwards fast this year.  I'm creating a novel organization associated amongst all of the Men's Knitting Retreats which I'll live announcing soon.  I'm chauffeuring my mom a lilliputian since she's inward a plastic kicking for vi weeks (3 to a greater extent than to go...hopefully her broken leg volition heal every bit fast every bit they estimated).  And of course, I'm blogging, knitting, cranking, spinning...etc.

What's on your calendar?

Current Knitting

I'm upwards to nine inches (lucky man) on the Briar Rose Pullover.

This is going to live ane WARM sweater when it's finished.  I'm nevertheless loving the coloring in addition to I'm nevertheless thinking the "wrong side" looks pretty dandy too.

The pooling of the variegated yarn isn't broken upwards quite every bit much every bit I unremarkably prefer on the other side, but it's a real rich textile that I'm creating...so I volition definitely nevertheless await to brand a sweater that's reversible.

Readers' Comments/Questions

Thank you lot all for the most amazing birthday wishes in addition to particularly the people that went out of their means to write a haiku...thank you lot all.

Also thanks to the folks that posted their thoughts nigh No Idle Hands...now I'm looking forwards to reading it fifty-fifty more.

Recent Acquisitions

Recent Acquisitions

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As a retiree, my needs bring larn a lot to a greater extent than clear, together with I appear to purchase less of what I crave together with to a greater extent than of what I require.

Ebbs together with Flows of Money

Thaddeus taught me through illustration ii of import things almost dealing amongst money:

1. Find a mode of living that is satisfying together with don't larn caught upwardly inward the see that to a greater extent than volition larn inward better.
2. When finances are good, pass on those things yous desire and/or need, when finances are bad, pass solely on those things yous absolutely need.

Two real uncomplicated ideas that bring allowed us to alive a merely satisfying life together with retire comfortably.

Toward the halt of my working years, finances were good, thence nosotros were able to larn many of the things nosotros wanted.  Having acquired items such equally a calculator that would survive sufficient for many years, or a automobile that would terminal for quite a spell worked out good thence nosotros could brand certain that retirement savings would survive sufficient during the outset brace of years of retirement.

So far, it seems we're doing improve than planned...which is what I'd hoped for.

As luck would bring it, I chanced upon this lovely chip of fiber at a local artisan fair spell on opor-garai on Martha's Vineyard.

It's five ounces of Border Leicester roving...the wool was from sheep raised past times the vendorRichard And Carol Tripp Farms) together with it was too hand-dyed past times them.  It wasn't actually a big splurge for me, together with I was extremely satisfied past times supporting a local wool producer.  Plus, it volition spin upwardly beautifully...don't yous think?

I too bring been yearning for a tablet thence that I tin read the tidings to a greater extent than easily than on my calculator or phone.  So nosotros purchased this before this week.

It's a Samsung Tab Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 10.1" tablet amongst a 32 GB microSD carte du jour that comes amongst the "bundle."

With an iPhone together with a laptop, I debated how much I actually needed this together with thence Costco set it on sale for this week, together with it seemed a no-brainer that it was fourth dimension to purchase it.  No, it's non an iPad.  No, it doesn't come upwardly amongst an S-Pen.  No, it's non the 32GB version.  I didn't require whatever of that together with I didn't anticipate that I'd require whatever of that inward the foreseeable future.  It's non austerity measures inward whatever way, but it seems to see that criteria of non exceeding a merely satisfying lifestyle together with finances don't telephone yell upwardly for austerity.

Finally, I too received this inward the postal service from WEBS.


For those of yous following, Franklin has designed a knitted version of his bawdy sheep friend, Dolores together with his famous knitting designer friends bring designed diverse knitted outfits for her to wear.  I programme on owning all of them together with this yarn is the Amy Herzog pattern for Dolores' Fair Isle Pullover (including the lovely parasol to proceed Dolores virgin-white fifty-fifty on sunny days).

I haven't knit Dolores soundless together with won't larn to Amy's pattern shortly either...but I wanted to brand certain I owned it.

Current Knitting

With the Old Shale Wrap having a hank of yarn gone missing, I started a novel Knitted Cross Stitch Scarf.

I am loving this colouring combination.

I too did locate the missing hank of Persimmon Tree Farm together with made a footling to a greater extent than progress on the Old Shale Wrap.

It's a beautiful yarn together with volition brand a gorgeous wrap.  Both projects are knitting upwardly quickly.