Retired only need reply......

[Wayneb]

Just a simple question for all the geezers out there ; What the are you doing while you're doing nothing. For me it's cutting grass and an occasional buzz and listening to lps from the old days whilst staring at something that I know I can paint but lack the drive to do so.

To each his own,
Wayne

If you don't like this post you can ignore it.

 

[Rob]

If you have retired and have nothing to do........you planned it wrong.
Tough

 

[Wayneb]

If you have retired and have nothing to do........you planned it wrong.
Tough shit

Only a simple person who paints simple figures would say that.....

 

[Mirofsoft]

Reading, reading, reading, reading ....
Visiting this forum, playing Forge of Empire, working at my Webb page, cooking for me, for friends for the family, playing guitar, seeing documentaries, series, movies ( avoiding all the rest on TV, last serie is The Walking Dead : Daryl Dixon, no "romance "), listening music ( meaning sitting and listening (to be clear absolutely no music, radio the rest of the time ) and ... sometime, painting a figurine

 

[Nap]

How can you be doing nothing ...you have things to paint ..do it !

Enjoy family life , enjoy the hobby

I do a lot of research as well as painting

Nap

 

[NigelR]

I retired five years ago and was going to devote time to three hobbies. I am so short of time that I have dropped two of them to focus on the third, which is making models and painting figures.
When I am not doing that I am spending time with the wife, looking after my 96 year-old father-in-law, walking and trying to keep fit. I also read quite a lot.

 

[Blind Pew]

I retired two years ago at the age of 49 (I had one of those careers). It's that mountain to climb. Thing is, when you get to the top....there's another mountain on the other side of it.
My experience/skill set has enabled me to pick up work I can do a bit, this is vital to stay sane, and it helps top the pension up.

At home...I do whatever needs doing in the house and paint figures....that masterpiece is still eluding me! *


*and probably always will.

 

[MalcC]

Remember painting figures comes first, decorating second, well that's my motto.
Since retiring, i don't know how I had time to work, so much going on.

The masterpiece will come.

Malc

 

[NRG]

Remember painting figures comes first, decorating second, well that's my motto.
Since retiring, i don't know how I had time to work, so much going on.

The masterpiece will come.

Malc

Absolutely right! No one on their deathbed said “I wish I’d done more decorating”!

 

[fogie]

...... It's that mountain to climb. Thing is, when you get to the top....
.

Somebody famous once said that when you get to the top of the mountain all you
can see are pygmies below and bugger all in front of you.

Mike

 

[MalcC]

Just a simple question for all the geezers out there ; What the are you doing while you're doing nothing. For me it's cutting grass and an occasional buzz and listening to lps from the old days whilst staring at something that I know I can paint but lack the drive to do so.

To each his own,
Wayne

If you don't like this post you can ignore it.

There's nothing wrong with cutting the grass and doing a bit of gardening, its therapeutic and good for you.
Listening to music is good too and something I do regularly, especially when painting.
We need to get your drive back, I've lost my painting mojo on more then one occasion.
It was recommended I picked something quite easy to paint and a subject of interest. To my surprise this helped me, as I gradually got
the bug for painting again.
At the moment is appears to me that you have lost your confidence, and feel that as soon as you pick up a brush, s**t will happen.
It's not easy being retired, so easy to do nothing at times, I know this from personal experience.
I can only suggest putting on one of your favourite LP's and make a start on a model, maybe just for a short period. Don't try and do too much.
Really hope you find the drive to get back and enjoy this hobby, because its such a great hobby.
Good Luck

Malc

 

[NigelR]

One thing I have learned to accept since I retired is that it's ok to do nothing (or not much) for a while. Sometimes I take pleasure in the fact that I spend the day mainly browsing the internet, watching YouTube videos, doing a bit of reading and not much else. I realise the day has drifted past me, but that's ok. Just enjoy being in the moment.

 

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

Generally my geezer-hood is spent painting. If I'm not painting, I'm reading. If I'm not reading I'm busy trying to avoid the chores the 'boss' has for me.
Rick

 

[polyphemus]

I took early retirement in 2001 aged 50 and soon experienced the first of a few medical conditions, blindness in one eye, but was able to carry on painting etc. This carried on largely until 3 years ago when I suffered the start of mobility problems in both knees. Earlier this year my wife and I decided we needed to change our accomodation to a retirement flat. I decided that I'd reached "that time" when a major clearout was needed; apart from a few large scale figures & busts all painted pieces were disposed of into general rubbish collections. Most of the stash was sold through Ebay, still more to go. I resolved to limit myself to large scale figures & busts only, all Napoleonic. This suited my painting capabilities at my age and the restricted display space. We are still waiting for that retirement flat but at least I have the time to dispose of over 150 painted figures and over 200 unmade kits and countless books.
I can't imagine how my family would have coped with this process had I not been around.

Geoff

 

[Viking Bob]

I retired at 63, quite a few years ago. I have two hobbies, wildlife photography and figure painting, oh and hiding stuff from the wife.
I get out as often as possible with blessings from 'she who has to be obeyed'. We also spend time walking with our 2 year old pup. Sometimes I am lazy and do nothing but not for long. At nearly 68, I am not going to stop enjoying either hobby

 

[fogie]

What with eye problems, arthritic joints, and people who mumble instead
of speaking clearly - not to mention the most annoying trend of using
verbs instead of nouns - I sometimes think we're not living longer but
just taking longer to die. But then you finish a particularly challenging
figure that really sings and is your best ever, and all those things just
go away and you feel ready for another twenty years....rock on

Mike

 

[Blind Pew]

Generally my geezer-hood is spent painting. If I'm not painting, I'm reading. If I'm not reading I'm busy trying to avoid the chores the 'boss' has for me.
Rick

...are we married to the same woman? What a way to find out!

 

[megroot]

Retired almost two years ago at 66 and not have one moment of withdrawal symptoms.
I play more on the keyboard because new music cost me more time to learn then I did when I was thirty. Then I paint figures. Play my old records from the 60,70 and 80's.
Going ride my racebicycle. And this is all not fitting the day I have always a jig-saw puzzle with 2000 pieces or more that must be lay down.
Sometimes a employment agency ask me to work a day into a hospital, and when I run out of money to buy figures I do a day sometimes 3 in a month. That gives me alot of money to buy more figures
No, I 'am to short in my time.

Marc

 

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

...are we married to the same woman? What a way to find out!

 

[Ned Ricks]

Modelers seem to me to be, not only artists and craftsmen, but detail oriented history types. My family advises me in advance when we watch a movie "Dad, don't tell us about the wrong buttons and other mistakes they got wrong!"
So, maybe redirect ... I am glad to volunteer at a museum. This gets me out of the house now and then and I can share some of the things I have accumulated in my head with folks who want to know.
Also, in my retirement years, I am able to travel with my wife to visit even more museums, mostly historical, but also art (how did the artist make so many subtle shades of black? How did he paint such detailed eyes, lace, beards...)
Do what pleases you...
N