Thursday, April 11, 2019

2 Months after Early Retirement

It has been 2 months after starting of my early retirement. There are some significant changes over my life which I would like to share in this post.

First, my life focus has been gradually diverted from boring & pressurized daily full-time job to life enjoyment. When I was still an full-time employee, most of my day time had been occupied by my then employer. Of course, this is a must according employment contract. Each and everyday then, after a-day work, I was so exhausted. I didn't have any mood to enjoy the rest of my day as my mind was still filled up by work related issues. I still had to consider solutions of those issues even though I was already so tired. I couldn't sleep well due to anxiety. This was really torturing and my health had been affected. 

After early retiring for two month, what are the changes to me? 

  1. I have been able to sleep well since then as I have no worry about job burden and responsibilities. It is really a great release.
  2. I also have mood for going out with my wife for groceries or window shopping at hypermarket or shopping center. I really enjoy the time being together. Be frank, no matter how good I was and how high the position I had then, nobody care about me after I left the company. I am nobody but myself. Don't even think about my so-called good friends in previous company will keep it touch with me. Forget about them. I have to live by my own. Now, my "best friends" are my wife and kids. Sooner or later, my kids will leave us after growing up and there will be only my wife and myself then. This is the fact and we are preparing to accept this soon coming empty nest.
  3. I start to buy clothes for myself which I very seldom did it in the past twenty over years. For the past, I could buy a shirt and wear it for subsequent ten over years as long as it was wearable. I had no concern so much how I was looked. Now, when I look back, I feel rather ashamed for wearing old worn-out shirts when going out. I have totally no idea how did to tolerate this. As I have more time after early retire, I have been visiting shopping center during week day when there are less crowd and my wife and I able to try out all sort of shirts that we prefer with pleasure without pressure. This feeling is really wonderful.
  4. When I am not traveling, I take care of my plants and flowers each and every morning. I fertilize them and see them grow. The satisfaction is very difficult to be described in words. When I am not around, I ask my neighbor to water my plants. Yes, I have time to maintain good relationship with my neighbor via greeting and chit-chatting.
  5. During family holidays, I do not need to check and reply any work related emails or pick-up business calls. I fully immerse myself in family trip fully without any work distraction.
  6. I spend more time to chit-chat with my wife and kids. I understand their thinking more with this easy conversation before and after dinner. We enjoy the time being together.
  7. I still wake up early, not for work but exercise for an hour. When I jog, I able to enjoy the sightseeing around and greet with other exercisers. Some of them have become my good friends. Together with healthy diet, my health condition is getting better and better.
In short, up-to-now, I feel happy and younger with this healthy lifestyle. The feeling of without work pressure is really great. I truly enjoy it.

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