[JMay]

I retired nearly 3 years ago and every time I bump into someone that have not seen since I retired I.e. mostly work colleagues that yes you get asked are you enjoying your retirement.

The phrase that runs through my brain at this point is,

‘No I hate it, I miss,’

Getting up at 6:30am
Fighting through rush hour traffic which begins with trying to exit our side road and having to wait 5 minutes for a gap.
Hoping that some moron hasn’t crashed on one of the 2 A roads I can use
Roadworks
Repeating the experience trying to get home
Only 4 weeks holiday
Being sent out to the industrial far flung reaches and sitting on an economy class seat for up to 12 hours each way
Working 60-80 hour weeks whilst I’m out there
Food poisoning from the far flung reaches culinary arts
Constantly reiterating the golden project principle to management of you want quick, cheap and quality, pick 2
Being blamed for not delivering all three 100% of the time

But I smile and say

‘Going OK’

As stated in a previous post, its a great feeling to look at the clock at 6:30am and roll over and go back to sleep.


Cheers
John