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Rosehip May 2021 5:19pm, 21 May 2021 21,180 posts	0 Rosehip Fabulous MM
TROSaracen May 2021 5:26pm, 21 May 2021 23,270 posts	0 TROSaracen Enjoy, that first 2/3 weeks as the stress falls away is magical.
Marmite May 2021 5:41pm, 21 May 2021 100 posts	0 Marmite Congratulations MM, enjoy the realisation that you are free from the stress.
TROSaracen May 2021 5:49pm, 21 May 2021 23,272 posts	0 TROSaracen My first 3 weeks I slept loads. 10 hours a night, and still napped during the day. Think I’d lived off too little sleep for years: living off stress, adrenaline, caffeine and accepting a constant level of tiredness as normal.
Mandymoo May 2021 7:18pm, 21 May 2021 11,894 posts	0 Mandymoo My headache is going and I am beginning to relax. Tomorrow we pack for our week in Devon 😁
Hanneke May 2021 7:37pm, 21 May 2021 73,924 posts	0 Hanneke Fantastic! Have a fabulous time. Great start to retirement.
Hanneke May 2021 7:39pm, 21 May 2021 73,925 posts	0 Hanneke Currently pondering having my tiny private pension paid out in a lump sum. I am 56... So I can take the rest of the year off to push my herb business, get my building up and make decent progress on my studies... I must check how much it actually is.
Hanneke May 2021 7:41pm, 21 May 2021 73,926 posts	0 Hanneke I always meant to retire this year. My ex turns 70. This is the year we were supposed to retire and liquidate our business. However, I was seriously ill and he was fedup so we did that in 2014 and he retired while I took a year out to get better, then set up free lance.
Hills of Death (HOD) May 2021 7:41pm, 21 May 2021 35,688 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) Great news MM
Hanneke May 2021 7:43pm, 21 May 2021 73,928 posts	0 Hanneke Don't underestimate the constant "fight or flight" mode we are in, which is considered normal but is actually seriously harmful!

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