You think you've got some of us, and "it" all figured out .... and I figure you could not be more wrong :(. Your last two sentences are binary... I don't do binary anymore .... haven't since I "retired" 14 years ago either... I was 48 at the time.

No REAL schedule for me ever... not since college.... I've "winged it" my whole life... you & I are just different ;).

I sure wish Cliff would put PPOT back on his schedule once in a while some day.... I like to see his photoshopped fish pictures :D.

No schedule. There are plenty of things to do, but I do them at my pace. I keep the weekends open so the wife and I can do stuff together. Going on 2 years in December

Mostly tee times and high tide…but plenty of other stuff occupies my time too…yard work, volunteering, servicing my cars, etc. I would hate to even think of having to go back to work. Another beautiful day in the Lowcountry. I’m thankful for retirement!

It may actually not be the "structured" aspect that is the hardest change to adjust to. Often most of social interaction comes from work lives, even if people are not aware of it.

When that goes away, the lack of it and perhaps the more limited aspect of the spectrum of human interaction is not easily replaced.

People who find the immediate adjustment to retirement a challenge, may well be experiencing social deprivation that they don't really understand, in part because they convinced themselves they did not really care about the people they worked with.

Maybe, like the difference between going for a long ride in the forested mountains, vs a long ride in the desert.

Once one finds the new level of social interaction, mixed with doing things that keep your mind busy, the new life takes on a level of "normal".

Our dog goes out to do her business at 630 am and she has breakfast at 7 am. Other than that no schedule, just what life brings.

I try to have a mental check list of what I want to do for the day . Sometimes I over achieve and sometimes under achieve . I am good with either outcome 😁

I'm not remotely retired and I barely schedule my day now. I get up for work, that's about it as far as scheduling goes.

Wow, great point. Occasionally I help out the guy that took over my business. I get my make interaction fix and then I’m good for a few months.

You can always volunteer in your local community to get social interaction . Plenty of places to do so . Great way to give back or mentor .

I make sure the rings on my apple watch are closed every day, and that the "7 workouts" and "monthly challenge" competition will be completed.

That's the only tight schedule I keep. Everything else is as needed or as wanted.

Edit: I do have an appointment every Friday evening that takes some time for preparation.

I do a lot of the same things you mentioned.

I don’t have things scheduled to the hour, but I do usually have things I want to accomplish during a day (work around the house, or cars, or errands etc). And I usually get it done “on schedule.”

One thing I’ve done every year for the past 5- 6 years is have a “thing” that I do for the year, which requires time daily. It usually involves learning or fitness.

For example, one year I took a language class for a year and studied every day. Another year I walked 5 miles a day, 7 days a week, for an entire year (that was nuts).

That gives me a daily task to meet and provides some discipline and structure (and I also learn something or get more fit).

I used to do our lawns on a regular basis, even though you'd look at our 'lawn' and say 'Why?'.
Then I had my heart attack. I didn't tell anyone about it for 6 months, then it really got to the point the pain wouldn't go away on its own so I had my wife take me to the hospital. A quad bypass later I was feeling a lot better. Started walking out front, up 'n down the block since it was level. Got to where I could do 2 miles in half an hour or so. Pretty good for not even being able to push my mower across the lawn without being bent over and winded six months prior.
I really need to get back into exercising. Maybe once this wort on my foot is taken care of I'll feel like biking again down at the beach.
I'm afraid my social interaction is all on the computer, even though I don't do any social media stuff.
I still find it hard to sleep in past 7AM. A life of getting up at 4:30AM will do that to ya.
I certainly don't miss sitting in traffic either just to get to work.

I used to keep a "mental check list," but I spent too many days getting distracted and forgetting my check list. So I started keeping a schedule for about half the day. It's primarily aspirational, but I consult it every day to see what I was thinking yesterday about what needed to be done today. Some days Vicki or the weather throw a monkey wrench into my plans, but I find it helps to have a plan even if I don't achieve it. It ends up also being a shopping list and a record of my daily walking distance.
Fortunately my writing is so bad I'm the only who one ever knows whether I achieved my goals or not!

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I used to live out of a day by day planner, one day per page.
I don't seem to miss that at all.
When tackling a big job I will write a list of what needs to be done, just so I don't forget to do everything needed.

I've been retired since 2004 - not as long as some here. My day is usually determined by what needs my attention in terms of maintenance around the home. After that, it's whatever I need to get done like cleaning the garage, etc. Unfortunately the last is what I want to do like working on my car. All of that can be interupted by my wife.

Thanks Marv - ego quoque per 2008
Cheers
JB

I volunteer at Habitat for Humanity also. It is great !

I didn't plan to follow a schedule, but found out I sort of need one. I'm in a small town and things close early, so I was finding that a late afternoon nap would leave me in a town with nothing open except White Castle and maybe a gas station (most close at 10 p.m.)

Redirected since 2012. I do a weekly list of things that I think I need to accomplish including routine things like the gym. Some weeks, not much gets crossed off; others, everything. That not done gets rolled forward. However, no more ABC prioritization like my days in procurement. Everything is a C or lower.

What were you drinking? I want to get some for tonight.

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