Zaydok Allen
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I have worked, and continue to work with a lot of individuals that have retired or are very close. Many of them I consider close friends, and despite being much younger than them, I get together with some of them on a regular basis to spend time together. Now and then it's to shoot together, but much more often it's to drink a beer. My mentor and I go to the biggest gun show in our area together every year, and even though we almost never buy anything, we enjoy it.
I find tales of their retired lives interesting because everyone is different. Some folks like to say "Screw it! I get to stay home!" And others want to do anything and everything they can in retirement. I'm guessing it has a lot to do with how much you've traveled in your younger days, how many hobbies you have, how many material goods you have at your disposal that you enjoy, whether or not you have kids and grandkids, and a host of other thigs I'm guessing.
So my three questions are these:
1. When you retired or became semi-retired, did your interest in firearms and firearms related activities, including shooting, increase when you retired, remain the same, or decrease. None of those answers would surprise me, as we all have different life philosophies.
2. What about your interest in online forums. I look forward to having more time to read for fun when I'm retired. Right now all I can squeeze out is 25-40 pages from a novel on a Saturday or Sunday morning. And frankly a lot of the time it's only a quick read here on THR or somewhere else online about something I want to learn about. I mean I read a lot, but it's typically scientific papers for my professional interests. So did your interest in forums about guns increase when you retired, remain about the same, or decrease, because real life is more important.
For me THR is a great source of fun and knowledge, but very often I find it a quick distraction from my daily stress, and then it's back to whatever I'm involved in at the moment.
3. Did you start buying more, about the same, or fewer guns when you retired? I could see any answer making sense based on what you already have and what you always wanted. I'm guessing I'll have a short pulse right after retiring of buying, and then a big step back when I feel I have the guns that are enjoyable to me. But what will be available in the future? That could change things.
Anyway, I look forward to reading people's responses. Age makes a big difference in what we do, but so many other factors come in. I'm just curious as to the pattern, if there is one.
And to our recent or extremely close retirees, congratulations.
I find tales of their retired lives interesting because everyone is different. Some folks like to say "Screw it! I get to stay home!" And others want to do anything and everything they can in retirement. I'm guessing it has a lot to do with how much you've traveled in your younger days, how many hobbies you have, how many material goods you have at your disposal that you enjoy, whether or not you have kids and grandkids, and a host of other thigs I'm guessing.
So my three questions are these:
1. When you retired or became semi-retired, did your interest in firearms and firearms related activities, including shooting, increase when you retired, remain the same, or decrease. None of those answers would surprise me, as we all have different life philosophies.
2. What about your interest in online forums. I look forward to having more time to read for fun when I'm retired. Right now all I can squeeze out is 25-40 pages from a novel on a Saturday or Sunday morning. And frankly a lot of the time it's only a quick read here on THR or somewhere else online about something I want to learn about. I mean I read a lot, but it's typically scientific papers for my professional interests. So did your interest in forums about guns increase when you retired, remain about the same, or decrease, because real life is more important.
For me THR is a great source of fun and knowledge, but very often I find it a quick distraction from my daily stress, and then it's back to whatever I'm involved in at the moment.
3. Did you start buying more, about the same, or fewer guns when you retired? I could see any answer making sense based on what you already have and what you always wanted. I'm guessing I'll have a short pulse right after retiring of buying, and then a big step back when I feel I have the guns that are enjoyable to me. But what will be available in the future? That could change things.
Anyway, I look forward to reading people's responses. Age makes a big difference in what we do, but so many other factors come in. I'm just curious as to the pattern, if there is one.
And to our recent or extremely close retirees, congratulations.