Retirement
Dec. 12th, 2013 01:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chris_gerribJay Lake ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jaylake, on his blog, mentioned that he's busier now then he was with a full-time job. (He's on disability with apparently terminal cancer.) I mentioned that I've seen that phenomenon in retired people, most notably my parents. Since I'm hard-up for things to talk about, herewith are a few thoughts on why (some) retired people are busier then when they were working.
1) People with jobs tend to set one day as "get personal stuff done day" and cluster all their errands into that day. Retired people tend to spread those errands around, creating blocks in their schedule that need to be worked around.
2) Retired people, especially those who were active in the community before retirement, tend to take on more volunteer activities. Because of point #1, these activities aren't on the "volunteer day" but spread through the week, creating more blocks in the schedule.
3) Retired people, and those on disability, tend to go to the doctor more. They are old and/or sick, and that's what happens. Doctor's offices, even efficiently-ran ones, are a time sink.
Thus, retired people are more busy. Good thing I'm not retiring for a while! /sarcasm/
jaylake, on his blog, mentioned that he's busier now then he was with a full-time job. (He's on disability with apparently terminal cancer.) I mentioned that I've seen that phenomenon in retired people, most notably my parents. Since I'm hard-up for things to talk about, herewith are a few thoughts on why (some) retired people are busier then when they were working.1) People with jobs tend to set one day as "get personal stuff done day" and cluster all their errands into that day. Retired people tend to spread those errands around, creating blocks in their schedule that need to be worked around.
2) Retired people, especially those who were active in the community before retirement, tend to take on more volunteer activities. Because of point #1, these activities aren't on the "volunteer day" but spread through the week, creating more blocks in the schedule.
3) Retired people, and those on disability, tend to go to the doctor more. They are old and/or sick, and that's what happens. Doctor's offices, even efficiently-ran ones, are a time sink.
Thus, retired people are more busy. Good thing I'm not retiring for a while! /sarcasm/
