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When I first retired, I spent a lot of time just being busy. Partially because I thought that's what was expected of me by the world, and it's sort of how I'd been programmed. And partially because when I stopped being busy, my intrusive and racing thoughts would start in on me, and I would just pop up and get right back to doing a bunch of stuff, just to sort of medicate the intrusive thoughts. And what I realized is there's basically, for me, there were two kinds of busy when I didn't have to work. There was something that I enjoyed that kind of took me away. I wasn't really thinking of anything while I was doing it, and the time just raced by. And then there was the, I'm doing this to try and quell my racing thoughts. I eventually learned techniques to overcome my racing thoughts without having to pop up and go do things and be busy and find distractions. But it's a good question, I think, for everyone to ask themselves when they're in the business. When they feel like they need to be busy, is this something I'm doing because I just love doing it and I sort of lose myself in it? Or is this something I'm doing to quiet my racing thoughts and medicate an undiagnosed issue? Enjoy your retirement.