I have been retired for almost 12 years now & I often ask myself have I optimized my time during those years. I don’t really have much of a routine either. I have breakfast(my healthiest meal of my day) then read Substack while enjoying my morning cup of cofffee. Then the rest of the day is pretty much whatever I feel like at any given time. Absent plans with my wife, friends family etc. I have a stack of books on my to be read list. Several hobbies that I don’t make enough time for etc. I need to work in daily exercise but I can’t seem to do it. lol
Sounds like you are living the good life! The book Four Thousand Weeks, a pretty quick read, is helpful for reminding us that we can't do it all and shouldn't strive to. If your wife, friends, family, and books are your priorities, you're already doing it right (in fact, the author suggests writing down your top 25 priorities and then crossing out the bottom 20, which are the things that will distract you the most from what's really at the top).
I remember a couple months when I was between jobs, and my friend and I who'd both been laid off wondered how we were so busy when we weren't even working. Time always seems to fill up no matter how much of it you have, like a purse.
I have been retired for almost 12 years now & I often ask myself have I optimized my time during those years. I don’t really have much of a routine either. I have breakfast(my healthiest meal of my day) then read Substack while enjoying my morning cup of cofffee. Then the rest of the day is pretty much whatever I feel like at any given time. Absent plans with my wife, friends family etc. I have a stack of books on my to be read list. Several hobbies that I don’t make enough time for etc. I need to work in daily exercise but I can’t seem to do it. lol
Sounds like you are living the good life! The book Four Thousand Weeks, a pretty quick read, is helpful for reminding us that we can't do it all and shouldn't strive to. If your wife, friends, family, and books are your priorities, you're already doing it right (in fact, the author suggests writing down your top 25 priorities and then crossing out the bottom 20, which are the things that will distract you the most from what's really at the top).
I remember a couple months when I was between jobs, and my friend and I who'd both been laid off wondered how we were so busy when we weren't even working. Time always seems to fill up no matter how much of it you have, like a purse.