Lovely list of things, Ameya. There are free resources online to do some of those things you mention especially if you know that the deadline is based on your available time. I've been doing embroidery 20 mins a day for the last 6 months and have learned so much that I am applying to my writing and translation work - shades of embroidery threads, creating texture, weaving in threads...and the best part is: nobody cares what I do with my embroidery, only I. You shouldn't have to wait forever to do things. Please don't mind my poking my nose in - I had a cancer diagnosis in 2022 and even though I've been fine after treatments, my mind has changed. I hate putting off anything now. I know now that I won't be well enough to enjoy half my plans so it is now or never.
On Sun, Jun 14, 2026 at 9:40 PM Ameya Nirmala Nagarajan via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote: > Oh I would retire tomorrow if I could, sob. I think my description of > retirement is close to Udhay's: the ability to put my time into whatever I > want without worrying about financial stability. I would probably do much > of the work I'm still doing--I adore my org and want it to survive, and > struggle daily with accepting that we have till the end of next year MAX. > But I also want to travel a lot, take a sewing class, a pottery workshop, > make things with my hands, read read read... > > > Cordially, > Ameya Nagarajan > (she/her) > LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameyann/> > > > > > > On Sun, 14 Jun 2026 at 23:39, Yeddanapudi Radhika via Silklist < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Never retiring. My profession pays little and demands a lot but I love >> it so much. I translate mostly plays. Sometimes I get a chance to act >> or get invited to conferences on translating theatre. Other times I >> get grants. One day sooner rather than later, I may have to >> supplement it by working part-time at the local garden store so I'm >> trying to get and stay fit. >> >> On Sun, Jun 14, 2026 at 10:50 AM Bruce Metcalf via Silklist >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Howdy, >> > >> > On 6/13/26 15:53, Sandhya via Silklist wrote: >> > >> > > Are you retired? What are you doing post-retirement? On hindsight, >> would >> > > you give your younger self some advice about what you would do >> > > differently? >> > >> > In a few weeks, I'll be retiring for the third time. Yeah, it gets >> > complicated. >> > >> > In 1998, I escaped a particularly bad work situation, and discovered >> > that my wife and I could afford to discontinue full-time employment, so >> > we retired and moved to Florida. >> > >> > I lasted ten months. >> > >> > It wasn't proximity to my wife (she was still trying to sell our old >> > house), it was just the lack of focus to my day. I had hobbies, but >> > wasn't able to focus on them sufficiently to fill the time. >> > >> > So I took on a part-time job. It was a lot of fun, if physically >> > miserable at times. The pay was but a pittance, but the benefits were >> > outstanding, and we made good uses of them. >> > >> > But being financially independent meant I could call bullshit when >> > management tried it without concern. I also became a union shop steward, >> > which made it nearly impossible to fire me. That role led me to read the >> > fine print in the contract, and I discovered in 2015 that I was eligible >> > to retire, retaining full benefits. Took the company eight months to >> > figure out how to retire a part-timer, and I understand I triggered a >> > change in the rules, but I was out with my second retirement. >> > >> > Starting in 2007, I accepted responsibility for a non-profit with a >> > healthy publication program, a substantial library, and multiple worthy >> > programs. The cause was the death of that organization's founder, and >> > his were larger shoes that I could hope to fill, even today. Working for >> > a non-profit board is never entirely safe, even when they trust you >> > (perhaps too much). It reached the point last year that all but one of >> > them stopped responding to my emails, which is a problem when I'm >> > supposed to be editing the magazines. >> > >> > They finally found another sucker, er, volunteer, and this week the >> > library and records were shipped to California, with three tons of junk >> > discarded. All I have left is a storage unit filled with library >> > shelving and file cabinets (which are cheaper to repurchase than move). >> > Finding homes for that, I'll be retired for a third time. >> > >> > I plan to spend a lot more time and energy on my hobbies. I just built >> > seven Ikea bookcases to allow me to pull books out of boxes, and some >> > general housekeeping (i.e.: junk trashing) is also in order. My wife's >> > health has also declined in the past decade, so I'm taking on more >> > household chores, more driving to doctors, and indulging her hobby, >> > which is taking world cruises (January thru June next year). >> > >> > Will this hold, or will I go back to work in some form? I can't say for >> > sure, but given my track record.... >> > >> > Cheers, >> > / Bruce / >> > >> > -- >> > Silklist mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >> >> >> >> -- >> Translator/Owner >> AzulIndica Translations >> North Vancouver BC, Canada >> -- >> Silklist mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >> > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist > -- *Translator/Owner* *AzulIndica Translations* *North Vancouver BC, Canada*
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