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Post by Slinger on Jun 16, 2024 15:34:27 GMT
Been wondering how easily my time is filled. Listening to music is a big part Projects ? Hah Getting through the day doing all I have to do is a victory I have projects I need contractors in for and hesitating on that Keeping an eye on 7 dogs takes a fair amount of time. 2 walks a day, 2 meals a day. Timing to make sure the outside toilet is used doesn't always work. They must also be contributing to the amount of dust we have, certainly the amount of dog hair that needs vacuuming increased when the latest 3 arrived I save time on regular things and still use it up Whatever brings you the most happiness, the greatest amount of satisfaction, and the maximum amount peace is the only way to go, Mike. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 16, 2024 16:27:14 GMT
Been wondering how easily my time is filled. Listening to music is a big part Projects ? Hah Getting through the day doing all I have to do is a victory I have projects I need contractors in for and hesitating on that Keeping an eye on 7 dogs takes a fair amount of time. 2 walks a day, 2 meals a day. Timing to make sure the outside toilet is used doesn't always work. They must also be contributing to the amount of dust we have, certainly the amount of dog hair that needs vacuuming increased when the latest 3 arrived I save time on regular things and still use it up Whatever brings you the most happiness, the greatest amount of satisfaction, and the maximum amount peace is the only way to go, Mike. The time I have is filled with something and more keeps coming along Dusting just now, with things that should be sold or donated is daft. |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 26, 2024 7:33:47 GMT
Next week is leaving speeches - because the teachers leave next Friday.
Seems a bit odd to say goodbye to most staff when I won't be leaving until the end of August.
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Post by Slinger on Jun 26, 2024 13:32:53 GMT
On the plus side, it does give you plenty of time to sabotage their lounge. A kipper down the back of a radiator is always a good one, especially as it probably won't have much effect until the heating is turned back on.  |
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Post by Fro on Jun 27, 2024 16:48:05 GMT
Where I find us sleeping from time to time in retirement. White Sands National Park - New Mexico  |
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Post by Fro on Jun 28, 2024 14:12:21 GMT
Next retirement travel destination for 2025, will be Namibia, Africa.
2 weeks photographing landscapes mostly + a few days possibly in Capetown.
Super excited!!
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Post by MartinT on Jun 28, 2024 21:10:38 GMT
Next retirement travel destination for 2025, will be Namibia, Africa. Try to get to the Etosha Pan, it's a long drive North from Windhoek through the Namib Desert, but well worth it. You can take a detour to Swakopmund to see the seals and skeleton coast. Lots of shipwrecks to photograph. Fantastic country, absolutely loved it. |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 28, 2024 11:01:48 GMT
33 days to go. This week I enter my last month. I'm going to enjoy it - nothing can touch me now. What are they going to do, sack me?  |
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 28, 2024 15:32:05 GMT
Enjoy Is that 7 September, a Wed ? It is an odd feeling but I can absolutely guarantee you're doing the right thing - you may have already decided that  |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 28, 2024 17:15:08 GMT
No - 30 August, a Friday, is my last day.
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Post by Slinger on Jul 28, 2024 17:38:13 GMT
Don't rush to " fill the gap" left by not having to get up at the crack of dawn, and commute to work. Take it as a challenge to see how late you can sleep in for the first couple of weeks. Chill. |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 28, 2024 17:59:23 GMT
Challenge accepted, but I'm not sure my body will comply at first. I'm always waking up just before the 05:00 alarm.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 28, 2024 18:17:49 GMT
Recommend you let the time slide to where you want The key is same time to bed and same time up I extended my alarm clock time a few months back as the alarm woke me from sleep I now usually wake up before the alarm Up to an extra 20 minutes sleep Remember you then have to do an hours yoga |
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Post by Slinger on Jul 28, 2024 18:56:34 GMT
Challenge accepted, but I'm not sure my body will comply at first. I'm always waking up just before the 05:00 alarm. I have come to the conclusion that waking up, and getting up, are two completely different things. Pick up a book, read for a while and then the NEXT time you wake up you can consider rising. |
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Post by petea on Jul 31, 2024 18:45:33 GMT
Or buy a more exciting book! |
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Post by MartinT on Aug 9, 2024 9:08:44 GMT
I posted this earlier, which is relevant to my retiring. My successor is non-technical - big mistake. My predecessor was non-technical, too, and that was a shit-show. You'd think they might have learned? theaudiostandard.net/post/282517/thread |
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Post by Clive on Aug 9, 2024 10:10:53 GMT
I posted this earlier, which is relevant to my retiring. My successor is non-technical - big mistake. My predecessor was non-technical, too, and that was a shit-show. You'd think they might have learned? theaudiostandard.net/post/282517/threadAgreed…big mistake. All a non-technical manager can do is to try to run the team with some sort of rigour and report back to the management above results that please them. This is where so often Emperor’s New Clothes plays out at the top of companies - where people doing the work can see the shit-show unfolding but senior management believe they are doing great. They realise later that everything has fallen apart so they sack the good technical people (it must be their fault). It’s hard to see how such a manager can have any grasp of the consequences of actions he/she puts in place. |
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Post by Fro on Aug 11, 2024 2:59:36 GMT
Retirement backyard project. I made this Tori Gate from some salvaged lumber a friend gave me We have kind of an Asian influenced back yard.  |
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 11, 2024 12:30:39 GMT
That's really beautiful work.
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Post by MartinT on Aug 30, 2024 4:32:16 GMT
This morning is my last drive to work. Ever.
By 5pm this afternoon, I will have retired.
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