tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510074330425168323.post6878873368196046677..comments2023-11-02T04:15:11.581-07:00Comments on Retirement: Third Age New Beginnings: Being Retired: The ExperienceLarry M. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11412769680149076969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510074330425168323.post-91861048360760434662010-10-28T17:31:35.996-07:002010-10-28T17:31:35.996-07:00Machiel,
Thank you for your many responses. I am j...Machiel,<br />Thank you for your many responses. I am just getting the hang of the blog and only began reading your comments this afternoon. For a while there I felt like I was standing on an empty island. Even though people have been reading the stuff, almost no one has had anything to say<br />Regards<br />LarryLarry M. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412769680149076969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510074330425168323.post-45645196442344868372010-10-25T08:50:19.450-07:002010-10-25T08:50:19.450-07:00I guess I see retirement as some kind of experimen...I guess I see retirement as some kind of experiment where I am both the lab rat and the researcher. To me retirement is a good time to look at your lifestyle and redesign it, dropping what you had to do in your working/familly-raising phase that no longer makes sense and adding things that excite and energize you.Ralphhttp://ralphcarlsonblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510074330425168323.post-51767426180629790832010-10-24T12:50:25.213-07:002010-10-24T12:50:25.213-07:00Since I work in the non-profit sector, I see first...Since I work in the non-profit sector, I see first-hand some of those who have retired from their for-profit sector jobs - they have opted to spend their 'retirement' working for those organizations that espouse the values they likely had as young adults. They do not earn nearly what they had earned but their satisfaction is much greater. Others have a passion for vounteering in this Michael Znoreply@blogger.com