I'm 55 years old this year, to be exact, I've passed my 55th birthday, I've been 56 years old, as of now, I've been retired for 5 years, in these five years, my life has changed a lot, and now looking back, I can't believe it, often looking in the mirror, I can't help but ask, is this still me? It's completely gone.
When I went to work, I was a vigorous and resolute person, I had been working in sales for more than ten years, and I had high requirements for myself, and I liked challenging goals and ideals, and I had ambitions, so I was also a well-known figure in our company at that time. In life, I am also very pursuing, I will paint exquisite light makeup when I go to work, almost all the clothes are brand goods, different styles of clothes with different bags, and I either drive or call a taxi when I go out.
At that time, I rarely cooked, and there were only two kinds of stir-fried dishes, one was scrambled eggs with tomatoes and the other was scrambled eggs with leeks.
However, after retirement, I have undergone earth-shaking changes, and my changes are mainly in the following aspects.
Clause. 1. I am more and more interested in saving money.
When it comes to money, don't you think it's cheesy, but now I'm a layman, and I make no secret of saying that I like money and save more. At that time, I felt that I was still young, anyway, I could earn, and I spent it and earned it, so I spent money like flowing clothes to buy brands, cosmetics to buy counters, although I earned a lot, but I didn't save much.
After retirement, his salary fell off a cliff all of a sudden, more than 4,000 yuan a month, to be honest, it was just the money to buy a set of cosmetics before. I don't have much savings in my hand, my daughter hasn't started a family yet, and suddenly I'm a little scared, I'm thinking, what will I do in the future? After calming down, I began to think about how to make a reasonable home storage plan.
Of course, in our family, in addition to my retirement salary, there are some other incomes, such as rent, my daughter's living expenses, my husband's salary, etc., and then I decided that my pension and rent, which are nearly 7,000 yuan a month, are used for our family's daily living expenses, and my husband's salary, plus my daughter's monthly 2,000 yuan, are all used for storage, so that we can save almost 100,000 yuan a year. Unexpectedly, after retirement, I became interested in saving money and took action. Now that I have been retired for 5 years, I have really saved 500,000 yuan, and I will continue to save money.
Clause. Second, I don't like shopping anymore.
Before retirement, I especially like to go shopping and buy clothes, after retirement, the pace of life has slowed down, there is no entertainment, there are fewer opportunities to participate in formal occasions, and some of the clothes in the cabinet have no chance to wear them all year round, so there is no need to buy them again, and after retirement, many of the concepts of dressing have also changed, no longer pursuing any brand, just pay attention to comfort and decency. Now I don't want to go shopping at all, I feel like it's hard and a waste of time, even if I go shopping once in a while, I don't have the desire to buy, and I don't have any interest in seeing the dazzling array of goods, anyway, I just don't like it.
Clause. 3. I don't want to contact others.
I used to like to make friends, but also like to socialize, but after retirement, I feel that these so-called friends are becoming more and more boring, the more time passes, the more I can feel the hypocrisy of people, when I use you, I am very enthusiastic about you, after that, people go to tea and cool, now I want to understand, except for my three or five old friends, I no longer contact other people, even if they take the initiative to contact me, I mostly refuse, reduce contact, reduce social life is getting simpler and simpler, and the mentality is becoming more and more peaceful I like this state.
Clause. Fourth, I don't like to go out to parties.
I used to often participate in colleague reunions, class reunions, and friend reunions, but now it's completely different, all colleague reunions are not attended, and colleagues are from the day you leave, this colleague relationship has ended, what's the point of getting together? At the class reunion, all I saw was comparison, showing off, and pulling relationships, and there was no common topic to talk about at all. The only thing I still participate in now is a small gathering of old friends, drinking tea together, listening to **, chatting, isn't it beautiful.
Clause. Fifth, I like to be alone more and more.
After retirement, I finally have my own time, I can arrange my own life as I like, I never take the initiative to contact others, I don't like others to take the initiative to contact me, my daily life is very regular, eating, sleeping, doing housework, drinking tea, reading, brushing, going out to exercise, occasionally writing a hundred numbers, I like to enjoy a person's life, I don't like to be disturbed by others The beauty of being alone is to do whatever you want, without considering anyone's feelings, this is a beautiful enjoyment.
Clause. 6. Don't travel.
When I first retired, I would also go out with my friends, but then I felt more and more that it was not interesting to go out to travel, not to mention, not to mention, and I did not eat well or sleep well, and now I have completely lost interest in traveling, except for the occasional family to play around, I do not go far away.
Clause. 7. I like to cook.
I hate going out to eat now, and I hardly go out to eat, my three meals a day are made by myself, I have learned a lot of food practices on it, I can do whatever I want, and I can do whatever I like. Now that I've learned to cook dozens of dishes, the cooking process is amazing, and it's rewarding to watch a simple dish become a delicacy through my own cooking, and I love cooking more and more now.
Clause. 8. I like sports and fitness.
After retirement, I will go to the park in front of my house every morning and evening to exercise, not an elegant exercise, is a brisk walk, once a day in the morning and evening, each time for an hour, I did not participate in any organization, I don't want to, just for exercise, I just want to be healthy, simply live every day.
Nowadays, I don't have any elegant hobbies, I don't want to make new friends, I don't care about any social events, I don't socialize, and I don't have any excessive pursuit of life.
How do you live in retirement? Are there anyone like me?