A lover of books (everything, well mostly), film, music (early music, classical, jazz, world and folk, especially music off the beaten track), history (especially ancient and medieval), good food and wine, travel, walking, art (looking at), listening to the radio, and sitting somewhere warm with a cold beer and espresso watching the world go by.
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
A feeling in my bones
Is it time for me to retire? It's getting closer, I can feel it in my bones - they ache at the end of a day's work and my tiredness is such that I barely make it past 10pm before it's time for bed. Even with all of the economic gloom and heavy job losses in the UK the life/work balance is shifting. I can now more easily foresee the day when I dislike my job more than the financial rewards can compensate me for. So, assuming it is sooner rather than later, what would I do with my retirement? Walk, especially long-distance footpaths. Read. Listen to the radio. Listen to music. Paint. Cook. Probably look for a part-time job, perhaps in Tesco. Explore Scotland which, to my shame, I have not yet done to any great extent. And then the rest of England and Wales, but hopefully not on a bicycle which is my wife's great ambition. Catch up on dvd boxsets. Relax. Enjoy the garden as much as my anti-gardening instincts allow me to - briefly consider cultivating vegetables but then abandon the scheme to read my newspaper instead. With my feet up. And an espresso coffee. Listening to Radio 3. Sounds great.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment