My pinterest tagline says, “Too many interests and too little time.”
On the dating sites, there aren’t enough characters allowed to describe my interests.
So, after nearly one year of retirement, I would have imagined that I would have finished some t-shirt quilts or scrapbook pages or written chapter one of my first novel. At the very least, I should have made progress on the launch of MakeTym or found success in getting fit and trim.
It’s not that I’ve lost interest in those projects; I just found a new favorite: Nothing.
To clarify, for me, doing nothing includes sleeping in, binging shows on Netflix, wearing my PJs all day or playing games on my phone. Basically, anything that allows me to procrastinate.
To clarify further, I don’t indulge in doing “Nothing” on a frequent basis. But when I do, I am learning to embrace it and not feel guilty about my lack of productivity.
And doing nothing is not a complete waste of time. The extra sleep I am getting includes more vivid dreams, including dreams where I get a visit from Rick. And time spent watching TV isn’t totally wasted as I’ve been knitting tons of cool stuff.
Retirement is a far cry from the busy days of balancing work and family. I can recall during my college days that I was most productive during the semesters when I had both a heavy load of classes and volunteer commitments. When time is limited, my organizational and time management skills kick in and I tend to accomplish a great deal. So it makes sense that having more time at my disposal, I am not as productive as I once was.
As I shared my guilt of doing nothing with a friend, he said, “You deserve it.” I suppose I do.