I'm Floundering in Retirement

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🗓️ 19 April 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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I'm Floundering in Retirement - Pamela says she's at a loss for what her next step in life should be now that she's retired and is no longer caring for her family members. - Dr. Laura: "Embrace the opportunity to explore and experiment during this phase of life." - What are you planning to do in retirement? Email me your thoughts at: drlaura@drlaura.com | Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on serious XM.
0:10.0	I'm 11. Pamela, welcome to the program.
0:13.0	Hi, Dr. Laura. How are you today? Good. Thank you. Good. Yes. I am 65 and a half years old. I retired from my state civil service three months ago.
0:29.0	And I'm floundering. My background is that I've always been the kind of the hero child that took care of the family, five kids and two infantile parents.
0:43.0	And now that I can live and enjoy things on my let's face it little tiny pension and a little social security. It's enough.
0:53.0	I am floundering. I don't know what to do with myself. And now that I'm not rescuing anybody. And I'm just looking for some advice on how to find myself there.
1:06.0	Well, there's one person you need to rescue though. Left over. And that's you.
1:15.0	So I need you to do the same mentality you have in being a hero to all these people for yourself. Have you ever wondered what Wyoming looked like?
1:27.0	Have you ever wanted to ride Route 66? Have you ever wanted to skydive? Have you me know? Have you ever wanted a particular new hobby? Do you want to learn archery?
1:41.0	Just stumble around and try things. Your notion that you're just going to make a decision about a thing or an activity or a place. And then the floundering stops.
1:54.0	And you'll know exactly what you want to do is not realistic. What you have the opportunity to do now is experiment.
2:07.0	I don't want to do that. I don't want to do that. I don't want to do that. I don't want to do that.
2:12.0	Well, then go for it.
2:18.0	The flip side of the screen. The closer to that, I was also the achieving child. So I'm a little bit afraid to not be good at something.
2:27.0	There's no being bad at skydiving unless you forget to pull the shoot. There's nothing bad about you can't fail to see Wyoming.
2:46.0	These are not these are experiences. They're not challenges. They have no attachment to success and failure.
2:56.0	Or being heroic. They're just living life.
3:01.0	And you're going to be dead sooner than you were born.
3:07.0	True.
3:09.0	So let's have some experiences.
3:13.0	Yes.
3:16.0	Good.
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