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[drbruce]

In response to the question of what to do in "retirement", here is my list of things that I have planned.

A list of Things to Do in Retirement
1. Check email and respond on time
2. Read the news feeds from the internet
3. Work on cyberbali.com
4. Work on Sumbawa.org
5. Work on lifeinthetropics.wordpress.com
6. Work on theinternationalteacher.wordpress.com
7. Work on the podcast
8. Participate in the forums
9. Exercise
10. Wake the kids up for school
11. Take the kids to school
12. Pick the kids up from school
13. Clean the top two floors of the house
14. Repair the beach house
15. Finish the ebook on Bali
16. Finish the ebook on international teaching
17. Rewrite the novel
18. Read
19. Make notes for the book on Islam
20. Watch a lot of baseball
21. Visit friends
22. Shop with Su at the market once a week
23. Make dinner once a week
24. Work on learning how to do graphic art
25. Play computer games
26. Learn Balinese
27. Improve my Indonesian to college level
28. Take a marine biology class on the internet
29. Learn how to write Java
30. Learn Arabic
31. Help the kids with their homework
32. Spend more time with my wife
33. Make some videos
34. Write free lesson plans for teachers
35. Look for freelance jobs on the internet
36. Keep track of the budget
37. Get involved in one save the planet project
38. Sleep
39. Remember how lucky I am to be here
40. Do research on different conceptions of time
41. Attend mosque regularly

[Bert Vierstra]

Isn't retirement the time to think of things NOT to do?

[drbruce]

Nah Bert,

It's time to do the things that you want to do.

[Markit]

It time to start really put some effort into staying alive.

[Jimbo]

Bruce the list is ok for today. What are you going to do tomorrow. Seriously though it will be interesting to see how many of those things you actually do. I will make a similiar list in the near future so we can keep a comparison.

[drbruce]

If I don't do them, Jimbo, I'm going to have to explain to my wife and kids why I'm not doing them.

[fordprefect]

How will you accomplish #20?
MLB.TV sub?
We're in Mesa, AZ tomorrow for the last wk of spring training, but that's about as much hardball as we'll likely experience all year :/

[JUDY]

Dr Bruce: Wow!!! Retirement is merely a word; your list of things to do will keep you so busy that your days will fly by so quickly you will never utter that deadly word! Now you can actually spend your day living!!! I mean, spending every precious minute with the ones you love and doing the things you love. Congratulations Of course, I am certain your passion was teaching; however, their are only so many hours in a day and you absolutely could not have accomplished much on that list if you were teaching every day. Hope one day to meet you and your family when we return home.

[drbruce]

Indovision has ESPN which carries a few games every week - usually the Yankees or the Red Sox.

Yes, Judy I love teaching, but I need to do some other things in my life as you say. Stop by when you're in Bali.

[FreoGirl]

As my parents said after a couple of years in retirement - they can't figure out how they found the time to work.
Half your luck Dr Bruce, wish it was me. I figure I've got at least 5110 days to go until it's my turn

[drbruce]

Hang in there Freo, it's nice when it comes.