The A-Z of being early retired

The A-Z of being early retired /(retarded)

I have to keep on reminding myself that I´m retired so am living in the oxymoron of active retirement. Because of inertia or our deeply-ingrained habits and mental frames I still lead both an intellectually and physically energetic life.  The A-Z compendium that follows could be valid for: Students, teachers, parents, singles, divorced, doctors, nurses and so on…:

ANXIETY BUSTING

BOREDOM BLESSINGS  (Sp.donkey´s I´m lying)

CONFIDENCE CONVERSATIONS   COMPETITIVENESS?

DANGER DEATH DREAMING ON

EXPLORING EMPATHY & EMOTIONAL VERTIGO & ENTHUSIASM

FOUND FREEDOM, FINDING YOURSELF, FORGIVE & FORGET,  FLATULENT FAMILIARITY

GOING GREEN, GRATITUDE, GROWING OLD (DIS)GRACEFULLY

HOLIDAYING (permanent)

INTERNET INSIGHTS & INTUITION

JUDGEMENTAL? JUVENILIA JABBERWOCKY..

KUDOS (credit, honour and prestige) & KNOWLEDGE

LOSSES,LAUGHTER AT LEISURE,LOVE SONGS & LUST, LIVING A LIE…

MATURING, MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS  Mistakes

NEW ACTIVITIES or even NOTHING       NO

ON YOUR OWN

PERSONAL POWER, PATIENT PERSEVERANCE,PASSION, PRIDE AND PLEASURE

QUALMS (Those annoying little guilt pangs you get in a fit of loneliness)

RELAXING and RETHINKING YOUR APPROACH TO LIFE

SURVIVING SHOPPING, SHARING SPIRIT

TEMPERING YOUR TEMPER

USED TO ( remember when you used to smile?...)

VOICES IN YOUR HEAD  ( not to be confused with tinnitus)

WISDOM? WALKS…

XXX´S= kisses

YOU

ZERO (the chances of surviving after 100)

Special thanks to Jeff Green´s The A-Z of being single and Nora Hall´s Survive your Husband´s retirement