Retirement

[Parafox]

9 hours ago, worth_the_wait said:

Rather than calling it "retirement", it's better to think of it as "doing something different".
 
I spent yonks working in an office.  It was ok.  It paid the mortgage, put food on my plate and left me with enough to waste huge sums watching football.
 
In theory I'm retired, but I just do some volunteering instead each week.   It gets me out of the house and I meet lots of people.
 
There are loads of organisations that will happily use your free labour ... health organisations, people charities, animal charities, nature reserves, National Trust, English Heritage, preserved railways, museums.   The list is endless.

 

Absolutely. I love railways and there's 2 preserved railways in Leicestershire, The Bosworth Line and the Great Central. You don't need to be a train driver or a qualified mechanical engineer. You can work in the café or be a ticket collector, painter/decorator/maintenance or anything, really. Also there's the Aircraft museum at East Mids airport, they need volunteers to help in various aspects.

Edited 8 November 2020 by Parafox