Post Half Retirement Schedule

I have mentioned in the past about how all good financial plans have at least four legs.  These include a W2, real estate, stocks and bonds, and side hustles.  Similarly, I have started to work on my non financial plans for the future.  My post half retirement schedule will look much different than my current.  I have already begun to build projects to fill up anytime left open by the absence of work.

Is this kinda silly?  Although many hope to catch up on rest and relaxation after slowing down at work, I am excited to pursue all sorts of other interests.  I don’t think of this change as slowing down at all.  in some ways I will be speeding up.

So what will my schedule look like.

Work

As I’ve talked about before, my half retirement is not a retirement at all.  I will be a full-time hospice doctor covering a sizable number of hospice patients.  Although this sounds like a lot, thankfully much of my work is through phone conversations with nurses and social workers.  I will, however, have to attend 12-15 hours of meetings a week.

I have scheduled these meeting for Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.  This leaves my post half retirement schedule pretty open on Mondays and Fridays.  I will still be responsible for phone coverage, but at least I can answer phone calls and texts from just about anywhere.

Writing/Public Speaking

As many of you know, I  am a big fan of the writing stuff and plan to continue to create content here on this blog as well as other places.  I have often said that writing is my form of meditation.  I will need this space of calm and reflection more than ever.  There is definitely a mental game involved when one cuts down on the number of work hours.  There needs to be solid reasons to get up every morning, and goals to strive towards.

I purposely left space in my post half retirement schedule for public speaking.  I have joined a speaker’s bureau and hope to talk more about medicine as well as personal finance.  At heart, I am a story-teller and there are few things  I like more than spinning an interesting tale.

Podcasting

The What’s Up Next Podcast is up and running.  Paul Thompson and I are leading panel discussions about next level financial independence topics.  We are starting to settle into a groove of recording on Monday’s and Fridays.  There is extra time spent editing, creating graphics, and promoting.

Interestingly enough, a huge part of my time is spent creating topics and then organizing a time for our invited guests to get together to talk.  Often I have to juggle 5 or 6 people’s schedules which is never an easy task.

So far it has worked out well, but thankfully everyone has been rather patient with me.  There are just so many moving parts!

Everything Else

The rest of my post half retirement schedule is dedicated to everything else.  On nights and weekends this time is mostly dedicated to family and friends.  During normal business hours, I am trying to work on both my mental and physical fitness.

I try to read at least a few hours a day.  While I do like to peruse literature and nonfiction, I am a sucker for fantasy and spy novels.  There is nothing more luxurious than relaxing with a  good book.

Walking, running, exercise videos, and possibly a gym membership are in my future.  Although I have been good at keeping physically active over the last few years, this body will hopefully last me for a long time to come.  I have to do everything in my power to take care of it.

Final thoughts

We spend so much time thinking about finances that sometimes we forget to plan for everything else.  I am trying to plot out my post half retirement schedule now.  I want to make sure that my time is filled with meaning.  Although I am transferring away from one type of work, I am beginning many others both mental and physical.

I am trying to migrate the purpose of work away from generating revenue and towards growth and joy.

We’ll see how it goes.