One thing almost every expert I ve read seems to a…

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So I've spent the last couple of years working through the retirement transition from a business owner to being fully retired. And I guess you could call it my main hobby has been understanding the transition process. Like trying to understand what I'm actually going through, what's underneath the feelings that I'm experiencing, and sharing that here on the platform. And as a part of that, I've read a lot of books. I've read a lot of articles. I've watched a bunch of videos. And one thing that's common among almost all of the experts when it comes to like finding new hobbies and activities when you're in retirement is go back to your childhood. And I've mentioned this in other posts. Like that's how I found some of my favorite new hobbies. As I went back to like what did I really love doing before life sort of... Talked me out of loving those things. And so I would go back to childhood activities that I really, really loved. And I would sort of start peeling back the layers of what it is I think I loved about those activities. So as you're working through finding new retirement hobbies, really dial in on those things that you loved doing when you were a kid. Like somebody in the last post I did on this, someone said, I loved building forts. Yes. Commented on that comment. And I said, there's something in there. Like there's a reason why you love building forts. And, you know, it's like it seems like you're almost becoming pedantic at that point. It's like, you know, somebody says, well, I loved recess. Well, there was a reason. Like I don't want to be ridiculous about it, but I feel like there probably is something behind loving to build forts. I can take everything that I did in my childhood. Like my pre-teens. My teen years, especially. And I can now see how the way I'm wired led me to really enjoy those activities. So all the experts seem to agree. You know, you'll get all kinds of varying approaches to finding new hobbies and activities in retirement. But most of the experts will tell you at some point, go back to your childhood. Identify the things that you really love to do before life kicked the stuffing out of you. And start picking through that and determining what are the fundamentals of those activities? And how do I apply those fundamentals to hobbies that I could get into now? Sometimes they may actually be the same hobbies. They may be things you did in your pre-teen years that are perfectly appropriate for you to do as a retiree. But I've hit on this a few times and I'm hitting on it again. Only because repeatedly. As I'm reading books, watching videos, reading blog posts. I'm finding this theme come up again and again and again. Go back to when you were a little one and look at the things you love to do. And start trying to identify the discrete attributes or components of that activity. That's going to lead you to your new hobbies.