Evidently, some people get bored in retirement. Indeed, some books about retirement stress the need to develop hobbies while still working so one has something to do during retirement. This advice may work for some people but I find retirement taking me in a totally different direction from interests, hobbies, and plans I developed while working.
Learning is my retirement hobby. I've probably read more books during the past year than I read in the last 5 years while working. Reading a book until I want to stop instead of stop reading a book because I needed to get up early for work the next day or because I thought I needed to do something else, is one of the greatest pleasures of retirement. These days, I'm never without 2 or 3 books and often find myself rereading good books; something I never found the time to do while working.
I'm also taking online courses and listening to audio tapes. There is so much I don't know and my thirst for knowledge seems unquenchable.
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