That old garage rock song by the Outsiders famously proclaimed that \u201cTime Won\u2019t Let Me.\u201d Newly retired me has been singing it lately. I vaguely remember that the song was about an impatient young man not wanting to wait forever for his love. But that key refrain about time is now in my head, in an opposite context though. My new phase of life is where time WILL let me do lots of things.\u00a0 When I worked 40 hour work weeks, time was dictated by shifts, days off, and vacations.\u00a0 Not anymore\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Retirement has forced me to reassess my approach to time. Retirement creates a new time definition.\u00a0 Without having employment time dictates, how do I fill my daily expanse of time? I slow down, make a new schedule, volunteer, start new projects, get a different harmony.\u00a0 I am becoming more aware of my neighborhood activities, noticing animals and birds around me in the garden and on my walks. Weather even has its own fascinating TV channel to watch. This is something I previously would have passed by as too boring and not very relevant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n