Any retirees out there? This is my first year retired, and I'm struggling a little with the lack of structure. There's so many possibilities and so much time and so few deadlines, should be great! But I find myself sitting down at the end of the day feeling like I've done absolutely nothing worthwhile.

I know I'll eventually fall into a groove, but has anyone got any ideas for how to jumpstart that?

(Apologies to the rest of you deep in the beginning of the year frenzy!)

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I retired last spring and ended up getting a part time teaching job. I, too, was worried about how I was going to entertain myself. Since I have retired, I have been Swedish death cleaning my house, knitting, reading, playing tennis, and not going to the gym as often as I ought. I’m super glad I have the part time job and I’m glad that I have a yard that demands attention. I would strongly suggest that you take up something new—knitting, pickleball, tennis, yoga—something that introduces you to new people and makes your brain work a little.

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Our YMCA has lots of activities and group exercise programs

I am about 10 years from retirement but plan on volunteering a lot more at my church

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Same. We have a church preschool and homeschooling co-op i would love to be able to I help out with

I know if I was retired I would take a lot more time on my hobbies! One thing that can help is setting a goal like I will read x amount of books this year .

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I have done a lot of that too! It counts! I usually listen to audio books while I fall asleep and sometimes when I have a free night.

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