Mr FM’s been in and out of retirement since he was 37 and we have always worked together and that has been from home since we were 34, so no real settling in with each other - we just occupy opposite ends of the house.
Since more formally retiring, we did Tai Chi lessons for 3 years and now practise it daily. Has made a huge difference to leg strength, balance and posture after years of fairly sedentary lifestyle. We did plan to follow up with Ballroom dancing, but that hasn’t happened.
We take the dogs for a long walk in the reserve daily and some other exercise as well. Mr FM prefers swimming and I do strength or treadmill. (We have facilities at home, as I think we would be too lazy to go out).
I have always enjoyed cooking, but Mr FM took it over for around 30 years, so I have been enjoying getting back into it. Bought a Thermomix and tend to make everything from scratch with organic ingredients.
I enjoy investing, so a fair bit of the day goes on reading company reports and analysis. I have toyed with charting, but find it a bit boring and too much like work.
Mr FM is heavily into photography and we now have a constant stream of models and cosplayers turning up at the door. He is playing around with a smoke machine at the moment. He loves doing the photoshopping afterwards and is turning our some really interesting work. He has always had a bit of an artistic bent.
Travel of course is in there and I love doing the research and planning.
We feel healthier than before we retired - work was never a priority, but we definitely have more time now for eating well, exercise, relaxing and catching up with friends.