Difficult one - given you can't think "Oh great - at least 60 means I've retired now. Big plus" or my long in mind project was "Get a degree to prove I can - Open University then" (no point now loads of other people have got "degrees" too).
So - maybe there's some new interest that could be quite a major thing for you that you could take up? It does depend, to some extent, imo what part of the country you are in.
I've come from a nice academic little city in Devon - so there's lots of academic type stuff going on somewhere like that and I miss knowing that outlook is frequent/stuff is going on if I want it. I'm now in West Wales and it's very very different - but I've been able to get into gardening/trying to grow foods etc and there are quite a few people here that go in for that/at least understand that and a bit of food-swopping goes on with the nicer neighbours I have. Creative interests major here - not something I'm interested in personally - but a lot of people here are and so they find like minds and quite a high standard of stuff too. Even most of the "amateurs" here are turning out some pretty professional level stuff.
In my academic city - I was well used to "cite the proof...where are the facts?" way of thinking and do understand that way of thinking well/agree with it to a large extent and it was possible to get voluntary work (and I did loads of that). I can't keep any voluntary work here - that's become clear and that is a downside!!!!. But a plus side of this area I'm in now is I can say about more esoteric/New Age type issues and will see a noticeable number of people agreeing with me or coming up with tales. I would never in a million years be able to say to a nearby neighbour back in an academic city of "Oh - I've had someone in to clear a negative energy line from my house" and he just shrugged and went "Oh yeah....there is" and was sorta shrugging in agreement.
So - does the area of the country you are in specialise in/be more au fait with certain interests etc than others and, if so, is that something you could resonate with?
Though I must admit = the main advantage to being over my own retirement age (60) and having done so is how I can think "Thank goodness.....whew...I've been able to drop that horrible horrible job I had to do for years latterly". If you've had a really god-awful job = it is an enormous relief to no longer have to do it (especially if you had to fight hard to hang onto it - despite loathing it - as other options would have been even worse).
Enjoy your freedom...
Bereavement wipes out everything
Good Morning Thursday 27th August 2026
Mark Carney is becoming the new leader of the western world
