Reply #16: I can't make this suggestion STRONGLY enough...

[MiddleFingerMom]

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...ESPECIALLY since you're about to retire.
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Look around for some volunteer work where you can provide some
service TO OTHERS -- and not necessarily in the construction
business.
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Deliver Meals-on-Wheels. Cuddle preemie babies in the hospital
late at night. Visit an elderly shut-in with no nearby family.
Read to children at the library. Do something possibly FUN that
also lets you feel a definite sense of accomplishment directed
TO OTHERS -- it helps you get out of your "self".
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Happened to me. Shit job. New place. Didn't know many people.
What was degenerating into a shit life. Got out of my "self"
and started doing things for "others" -- amazing how much my
whole worldview changed.
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Don't think about it. Actively pursue it. Chances are there's
an organization nearby that does nothing but inform people
what volunteer work is available in your area.
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Good luck. Beats drinking the pain away (talk to a doctor about
the physical side of it -- maybe about the other sides of it, too).
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