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When simple pleasures feel inadequate in retirement

Everyone asks what I'm going to do in retirement and I say travel and golf but honestly I just want to watch birds in my backyard and that feels like not enough.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Cultural pressure to maximize time conflicts with the natural desire for quiet contemplation.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Retirement and the gift of unstructured time?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.