I've been retired for a whole year now.
I've settled into a routine:
I take a walk.
I work out.
I shower and shave.
I drink some coffee while I navigate the 'net.
I eat lunch.
I take a drive.
I read the newspaper online.
I read a few pages of the current novel I'm into.
I do a crossword, the Jumble and a word search (for my brain).
I eat dinner.
I relax and watch a movie or a couple of t.v. shows.
I go to bed for the night.
It's a fairly easy routine that keeps me busy and that I enjoy.
Still,
occasionally I wake up in the morning and for just a second,
I fall back in my mind to my old work routine.
But only for a few seconds.
Then I chase those old thoughts out of my head,
realize how content I am in my new life,
and I smile.
Life is good when you (as the Beatles said) just 'let it be'.