They say that you never were as busy as you get when you retire. Boy have they ever got that one nailed. Totally overwhelmed with stuff to do every minute of every day. And the work gets harder to do as bending, lifting and even walking is now a lot more difficult.
I feel like a worn out truck tire… need to have a retread… so I can get a grip on doing things again. I’ve never been so dependent on others for assistance… The brain is willing but the body just can’t get it together.
I’ve enjoyed working with IT projects and have a great deal of satisfaction making useful tools to make our life a bit more enjoyable. Gave up the rat race of keeping up with CD’s DVD’s BluRay and all that shit. Now I put the video on emby and plex so I can enjoy it without handling the disks, risking scratches and lost jackets… all things of the past. Plus I get a synopsis and a cast list and sometimes even a Trailer to preview.
As well the other half of my TrueNAS Core Storage server runs Nextcloud where I store everything I can so when my head can’t remember what it is… the cloud does…