So what do you do with all your time? Folks who aren't retired have all kinds of questions for those who are retired. I know, for a few years back, I had a million questions about what my future life would be like. And every person who's retired would have different answers. I've been thinking, after several months of my own inadequate replies, about how to answer more fully when I am asked--without being boring. You know you have talked too long when you begin to get a glassy look back or people begin to check their phones.

So here goes: the short version... (and in no particular order)

I'm loving life and my wife. I'm doing what I enjoy. Even saying "no, thanks" once in a while. I breathe deeply. I notice the world. I love my kids and granddaughter, and remember delightful times. I spend more time outdoors. I swim. I take ten, twenty times more photos than when I was working. I care for the yard. I help with things in the house. I fix things. I think. I learn. I'm getting re-acquainted with my spirit. I pray. I yearn to know and be known. I miss my old friends and try to make new ones. I eat chocolate.

Most, if not all of it, I did before. I just do it more often, and with more joyful abandon. I just don't want it to ever end.