From one fellow retiree to another, I enjoyed your piece. The pandemic took my adjunct professor gig, so I retired early. One of the best decisions I have ever made. If I hadn't, I would have never become a self-taught acrylic painter. Here's the link to how I became a painter. And I also finished my debut memoir in press now. I love being "retired." I am so busy and doing what I love. https://ultramiriam.medium.com/when-the-pandemic-took-my-job-i-played-with-paint-and-became-a-self-taught-acrylic-painter-c2440fba3f6a?sk=563e2c6d2eedf1f88570542df44138e4