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doc03

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5. If you are retired you have to keep moving. If you start hanging out with the old

Sat Apr 29, 2023, 05:50 PM

Apr 2023

folks at McDonalds you can get in a rut and end up there every day. Get out and join a gym and do group
activities like spinning or zumba. Today 30 of us retires. the youngest 64 did a 30 mile bike ride, had lunch and couple brews
when we finished. I like to travel I may go to the Canadian Rockies this year on tour. The only trouble with group tours is other
people seem to delight in making you uncomfortable if you are by yourself. I am kind of a loner so I enjoy alone time to.

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How to feel less lonely as you get older [View all] usonian Apr 2023 OP

Yep, I know this feeling. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2023 #1

It is a real problem. MuseRider Apr 2023 #2

I have noticed that online communities like this one can help yobrault1 Apr 2023 #12

We take Spanish in a group of bad Spanish speakers. LakeArenal Apr 2023 #3

I sang in a church choir and in high school choirs wryter2000 Apr 2023 #4

If you are retired you have to keep moving. If you start hanging out with the old doc03 Apr 2023 #5

Canadian Rockies are highly recommended, as is a train trip through. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2023 #10

You're exactly right. We MUST keep moving!! oldsoftie Apr 2023 #15

Newly retired, loving it. Easterncedar Apr 2023 #6

I see myself more and more in this. slightlv Apr 2023 #7

My four fur babies are GREAT company Siwsan Apr 2023 #8

Volunteer, ride transit, shop at busy times, tutor children & adult learners. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2023 #9

Personally, I am never lonely. joshdawg Apr 2023 #11

Thats a great attitude. Very important too! oldsoftie Apr 2023 #16

I am a widow and 81. Mentally and emotionally, I am still 17. I lost my husband a year cornball 24 Apr 2023 #13

I've lived alone since 2017 Marthe48 Apr 2023 #14

All good advice. Schmice3 Apr 2023 #17

Dogs. Lunabell Apr 2023 #18