Happy Birthday to me. My celebration will begin with breakfast at one of our favorite restaurants where my husband and I get the senior discount and are treated courteously. We’ll follow that with nine holes of golf, lunch and a movie.
Playing golf is very new for me. I grew up playing baseball, basketball and volleyball in school. I even tried tennis as an adult but never developed the skills to do much with that game. Golf was never, I repeat never, on the list of things I wanted to even consider trying. Even watching it on TV held my interest for about five minutes.
But my husband is an avid golfer and asked me many times over the seventeen years of our marriage to try my hand at the sport. He retired last year and I knew if I wanted to see him on a regular basis, I’d better try golfing. He would golf everyday if he could.
I took six private lessons at the local public golf course last year just before he retired. I learned that I don’t have to be good to enjoy the game. It is absolutely hilarious watching me swing at that tiny ball and miss. Sometimes I even play a few good holes of golf. But always I enjoy myself. I can no longer play other sports because of some health issues, but I can still play golf. The best thing about the sport is that I can play even if I’m 100 years old.
So golf is not your thing. Challenge yourself to try something new. Crafting, country line dancing, ballroom dancing, yoga, hiking, camping, photography, writing your memoirs even if just for your children, gardening, or volunteering for a charity or at a nursing home are some things that come to mind. Also try doing crossword puzzles, Sudoku, and/or Scrabble® to keep your mind active.
Don’t sit at home doing nothing just because you are no longer employed. You are limited only by your imagination and your attitude.
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You are so right when you say do something in retirement. Staying in the house is not good for one's health and I know because I have been stuck in my home due to unemployment and gaining weight and learning nothing new. I am also getting bored to death.
Sylvia McClain
Thank you, Sylvia, for your comment. Inactivity is so common for the unemployed and seniors making it too easy to gain weight. That is something I also have to address, but I'm learning how to be more active without spending a great deal of money.
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