Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great advice Douglas. Hard to put it better. While I'm not retired as yet at 62, I realize the importance of keeping busy with interesting enjoyments and keeping active. Years back a client of mine and somewhat close by neighbour took me into his garage to show me what he was doing since retirement. He retired I believe before 60 and started building Adirondack Guide Boats in his garage. He was very good at it. I remember him telling me one day that when one retires they have got to do something and his was working with his hands. I hope photography will fill that roll for me. Scott > On Jan 2, 2014, at 5:34 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information