I got bored and started wondering what you guys (who are retired) spend your time on . . . so I began writing my hypothetical 'To Do' list for retirement. It runs the gamut from 'Positively, Absolutely WILL Do" to 'Will Probably Never Get Around To' tasks. You'll notice that I haven't bothered trying to put them in order...
See if you have any comments. I might even have some things here that you'll want to put on your own lists.
One Time Things
Build Barn
Move Stored Items to Barn
Organize or Dispose of Accumulated Junk
Build House
Erect Driveway Walls
Build a Carport
Expand the “Pool”
Cut Down About 2,000 Trees
Build a Sprinkler System
Build a Sawmill
Build a Zip Line
Build a Reverse-Zip Line
Build a Greenhouse
Build a Gazebo
Build a Range
Build Mobile Chicken Hoop Houses
Build Chicken Coops
Build a Tiny House (wife’s project)
Build a Smokehouse
Erect Windmill
Implement Solar Panels
Buy a Roto-tiller or Plow
Buy 2 Flatbed Trailers (one for Tiny House)
Buy Two Snowmobiles
Buy a Dirt Bike (200 cc)
Buy an ATV
Buy and build a Shipping Container / Faraday Cage
Buy an RV / Winnebago or Trailer
Buy Chest Freezers
Buy an Instant Water Heater for Barn
Buy an Excavator?
Buy a Backhoe Attachment for Tractor?
Buy a Freeze Dryer?
Buy Fish Antibiotics
Buy a Snowblower
Buy a Wood Chipper (chips are useful for burning and for keeping weeds away from objects like poles and fences that would otherwise have to be mowed.)
Things to Do Repeatedly
Maintain a Journal. What works? What fails?
Chop or Accrue Firewood
Mow Grass and Cut Back Encroaching Trees
Erect Fences
Hunt / Field Dress / Butcher
Buy / Raise / Butcher Livestock:
• Chickens
• Rabbits
• Sheep
• Goats
• Pigs
• Cattle
• Llamas
Raise Watchdogs, and a barn cat
Raise Food Fish
Create a Victory Garden (designed with software if any can be found.)
Work Garden / Harvest Crops / Salvage Seeds
Grow Mushrooms
Additional non-garden crops: Grapes, Blackberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Corn, Tobacco
Plant Fruit & Nut Trees
Manage an Apiary (Bees)
Build Picnic Tables
Build Outbuildings
Can Food
Smoke Food
Freeze Dry Food?
Introduce Chestnut Trees
Create Compost
Raise Earthworms
Grow Christmas Trees (Douglas Firs)
Ongoing TEOTWAWKI preparation (and building alliances)
Mostly For Pleasure
Take Vacations
Fish
Fly Drones
Ice Skate
Work on Stamp Collection
Read
Scan / Preserve Family Photos
Get a Dog (as a pet)
Study Astronomy
Study Botany
Target Shooting (guns)
Target Shooting (archery)
Camp in Field (at least a few times)
Collect or Tumble Rocks
Set up a barn and yard sound system
Create an outdoor movie screen / theater
Permanent Christmas Lights
Make Maple Syrup
Operate a Still
Learn to Play Piano and Compose
Play X-box Games
Expand on Cooking Skills
Continue programming
Manage Brothel
Gold is $1,581/oz today. When it hits $2,000, it will be up 26.5%. Let's see how long that takes. - De 3/11/2013 - ANSWER: 7 Years, 5 Months
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