Having worked from the age of 14 (I started with a paper round - I used to hate Thursdays when all the Radio Times, TV Times and other supplements were delivered) and, apart from holidays and occasional illness, having not been out of work, I am now 27 days away from retirement. This seemingly everyday event feels overly momentous, and (dare I say) more than a little scary. So, to help keep track of the many (probably too many) and various things that I have said that I will try out in order to enrich this new phase of my life, I'll be posting an occasional retirement blog.
More importantly, I want to keep a track on my feelings as I move away from a world where I had some form of measure my "worth" (no matter how artificial and narrow) in terms of achievements in the work place to a new world that will be considerably less structured.
The big day is Thursday 31st March - between now and then, there's a heap of stuff to do - buy a car, sort the pension, handover all my work stuff and, most importantly, make sure I get to say goodbye to (a.k.a have quite a few beers with) a significant number of workmates over the country who have been putting up with me for years.
So, that's it for now - more details as the big day gets closer......
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