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You can't rely on your work-life hobbies to be good hobbies in your retirement. When I retired, I didn't really feel like doing most of my hobbies anymore. And somebody in the comments said the same thing. They said, well, what I had said was, I said maybe I outgrew them or got tired of them, I'm not sure. And what the commenter said was, I stopped enjoying the hobbies that I participated in when I was working. And that got me thinking, well, what is it like fishing, for example? I used to love going fishing. And I got to thinking like, well, what is it that I loved about fishing? And I remember specifically that when I was fishing, everything just quieted down. Like I didn't think of anything. I just sort of stood there and cast and retrieved. And it was just very peaceful in my mind. And. You know, for a few months after I retired, I still enjoyed it. But after a while, I just stopped being interested in it. And I think it's because I don't need something to quiet my mind anymore. When I was working, you know, there was so much noise in there. And when I went fishing, it was like a little break from all of it. And I know other people who say that. They say, well, when I participate in this hobby, everything just goes away. And I'm just, you know, it's just quiet. So there's probably a lot of reasons why work life hobbies may not translate over to retirement hobbies. But for me, the biggest one was what fishing was doing for me wasn't needed anymore. My mind had already started to quiet down. Some people may carry their hobbies into their retirement and love them even more. I've heard lots of stories of that. But if you are planning for retirement. It's probably safe. To assume that you may not enjoy your work life hobbies. And just be prepared for that. Be prepared to start looking for hobbies that are more suitable to your new life. And if your old hobbies still scratch the itch, that's awesome. And like I said, lots of people said that they just enjoy their old hobbies more when they retire. But that wasn't the case with me. So just another thing to consider when you're planning for retirement is you may want to be thinking about. Potentially finding new retirement hobbies.