Retirement Rant

So recently I was chatting with a friend over prata and teh tarik at Jalan Kayu on a hazy (damn you, forest-fire-setting plantation owners!) Thursday afternoon last week.

We were able to meet because he is a financial planner a.k.a. insurance agent, and therefore have very flexible working hours. And I am currently working on a freelance basis, and did not have/need to work that day.

And how am I making use of my free time right now, when I am not shackled to a proper job? Learning to play the guitar so that I can dish out Beyond songs when the urge hits me? Taking up an academic course to beef up my resume? Volunteering at the orphanage to make this world a better place?

Of course not.

I bum.

A lot.

Which is more boring than I would have imagined.

But back to my chat with this friend; he is getting irritated with me for digressing. He asked me how I would live my life after retiring. Afterall, isn't that what we are working for? So that one day, when we have achieved "financial independence", we can holler "screw you!" to the 9-to-5 routine, and do what we always wanted to do?

Except I had no answer. I have never actually imagined how I would spend my time after retiring. I don't know what I would do.

I guess I would want to meet up with friends for coffee, read, travel... erm that's all I can think about actually. Pretty much what I like to do now.

Gosh, I need a life. And not just after retiring.