(ET) Retirement projects (non-Elec-Trak)

[Reo43 aol com]

On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 Mike Wallace  wrote:
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But  then one of these days I'd like to add turning brakes off an older 
model Cub  Cadet to a Wheel Horse C-185, finish converting a model 411 
Grasshopper ZTR to  electric power, finish remodeling the kitchen, get my 
abrasive 
cleaning and  powder coating operation going, and get a '53 Studebaker 
Coupe 
restified and  back on the road.  Turning 65 next month, might be more 
projects than I got  time.
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Mike,  you have probably heard other retirees say that they are so busy 
since retiring  that they don't see how they ever had time go to work 
before.

I retired  two years ago, and I am finding that to be true - kinda. Many 
of 
those projects  I had stacked up for "when I retire" are still not done - 
but a few did get  finished. The problem is that new projects are stacking 
up 
faster that I am  getting them done (real problem is that I can't say 
"NO").

But the  difference is - all those things get done when, and if, I choose 
to work on  them. I can also choose to take time off in the afternoon for 
coffee with "the  guys", or I can take time to post messages (like this 
one) on 
several forums I  am on. 

And I have several ongoing "jobs" which I get paid for (i.e.: US  census 
work, remodeling a motorhome for resale, writing an instruction manual  
for a 
small local business, etc). But all these jobs are done when I choose to  
work on them - not because I have a boss pushing me.

Yes, I stay busy -  but I love it. I'm sure you will, too

Erv Troyer
Lagrange, IN