Retirement often starts like a vacation. You’re all excited and eager to begin the journey. Each day represents the beginning of a new venture.
Until it doesn’t.
For some, it becomes a pleasant, reliable schedule. For others, it’s Bill Murray in Groundhog Day. The incessant repetition begs for something completely different. That’s why you’re better off going into retirement with a handful of casual hobbies. You can rotate between them to keep things different.
What if you want something more than just the pleasure of collecting things? What if you’d really like to build something? You can certainly volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, but, for many, building something doesn’t mean physical. It means something akin to building a business.
If you fall into that group, why not turn one of your hobbies into a “small” business.
"At the Wine Road, we have been working with IMS Barter for over a year now. They were recommended to us by a current winery member, who has worked with them for years - quite successfully! We already have some winery and lodging members that use this program to fill their rooms and sell wine. Every poster, postcard, sign we have printed for the past year, we have bartered for with our event tickets. We have also used tickets for advertising and some supplies. With our current budget constraints, we would NOT be able to print these items if we were paying for them - it would just not be in the budget. "