Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Best of luck, Peter. I'm 63, retired 15 months, and, through force of circumstances, found myself nearly as busy as I used to be when working. I've certainly learnt a lot of new skills - cooking, cleaning, caring, etc. - in those 15 months, but my outside activities have been curtailed. Get plenty of exercise, and discipline yourself. Make the most of your new life, but get up before 9 and get to bed before 12 so daylight is maxed. At one stage, I found myself going to bed at 2am!! Limit your time on the computer as it, with its websites, photoshop, and yes emails (like this), is a ridiculous time suck. As Ted put it, it's all about the content of the image, so if you take twenty photos of a scene, cut it to one. If the one needs PS, do what ever it needs in ten minutes, and move on. One of my retired friends (aged 72) is doing a third level professional photographers course five days a week, and, even though he is whacked by the whole thing, he finds it invigorating. He's got a demanding new schedule, doing new things, thinking new ways, pushing his creativity, and he's meeting new people. So do something new, even Tai Chi.... Best of luck. Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Klein" <pklein at threshinc.com> To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 3:33 AM Subject: [Leica] OT: I've retired > LUG friends: Today is the first day of the rest of my life. As of today, > I have retired from my corporate IT job. I recently hit the sixty year > mark, so I'm a bit younger than the traditional American age. But given > the many changes that have taken place in the workplace in recent years > (he said, politely), it's time. Fortunately, we can do it. > > I hope to begin a new chapter in my life where I can exercise my true > passions more fully, namely music, writing and photography. I'm going to > let the balance between them (and just enjoying myself) work itself out > over time. > > Wish me luck! I'd love to hear from anyone (either here or privately) who > has been though this transition and has some tips for dealing gracefully > with the changes. > > --Peter > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >