Joys of Retirement THREE - Slowing Down

Published: June 2, 2008, 9:40 am

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The Joys of Retirement - the Joy of Slowing Down I’m thinking that this will be a short post to write…since I am slowing down. I guess there are several ways to think about slowing down: slower walking, slower eating, slower heartbeat, slower sex, etc., but I’m most interested in the mental and emotional states than the physical, although the physical aspects of slowing down are real enough. But I am trying to write about the “joy” so here we go: Emotionally, I just don’t get so upset and riled about things that used to bother me a LOT. I think being able to “let go” of issues, to allow other people’s quirks and mannerisms and bad habits to not get me upset…that is a lot of emotional progress for me. As for politics and government…where I spent most of my working years…what a relief to finally let go of that. Emotionally, I feel much more satisfied with life. My wife would

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