What kind of transition are you dealing with or have dealt with? How did it go? I'm newly...

It took me awhile to transition from working on machines to taking care of dementia patients. I'm sure that's not even close to what you're dealing with. Maybe pick up a hobby or even volunteer at a hospital or a homeless shelter kitchen or something to keep you occupied.

PoetryNEmotion · F

I am early into retirement too. It is quite the change. Everyone handles it differently. It is hard to go from working full-time to suddenly not working at all. One would think it is easy, but I don't find it so. After many years of nursing and then security, I am relieved to not have to work though. It can only get easier with practice. Never really thought much about it until I was in retirement. Take your time. I am....

SW-User

After having spent the last 40-plus years being a full-time stay-at-home mother, raising two generations of children (The youngest just turned 21 years old), I am transitioning to hmmm, I have no idea what to call this..🤔
It isn't an empty nest because 4 adult kids are still at home...
It isn't a midlife crisis because I went through that after the first generation of children left home.
I don't know what to call this, but it is a transition..😒

So far, it isn't going so well, but once I figure out what to do with the remainder of my life, I am sure I will be fine. 👍
I hope you can figure it out too. If you do before I do, would you mind giving me some pointers?🙂

Notladylike

My daughter needing me much less and finding her independence. Missing when she was little, accepting the change and having to find other places for my energy to go.

dancingtongue · 80-89, M

Early retirement, death of two partners. I found volunteer work gave me a constructive purpose, contact with other new people, and filled time.

exexec · 70-79, C

I was lucky when I retired because my church decided they needed me to work part-time. I did that for four years before totally retiring, and now I use volunteer work to keep my mind in working order.

HijabaDabbaDoo · F

Idk, I'm challenging discomfort within myself and doing the opposite of what I'd usually do but within reason so I don't burn myself out

LiLShrimp · 22-25, F

Career transition. I’m still clueless about what I wanna do…

Kiesel · 56-60, M

Getting over heartbreak…

TurtlePink

I’m still transitioning into adulthood and I’ve been an adult for like seven years

LadyBronte · 61-69, F

An early retirement. Working to make it all make sense in a healthy, rewarding fashion. How it ends up is yet to be determined.

SleepingWithGhosts · 46-50, M

I've been dealing with the last seven months living on my own. It's not going very fkn well.