Finding purpose and avoiding boredom in early retirement

Some of our biggest concerns when considering early retirement was what would we do with our time, would we be bored and how would we would cope with the lack of purpose of a non-working life? 18 months after retiring from teaching at the age of 51, we are ready to share our journey with you and take you through step-by-step what we have done to keep ourselves active and maintaining our sense of purpose in retirement. We are Richard and Jackie and we live in the UK. We retired from teaching at the age of 51 in the summer of 2022. Our plans for early requirement include relocating to the Yorkshire Dales, developing our forever home and travelling the UK, Europe and eventually the world in our VW campervan Nelson. Please subscribe and like our videos if you like what you see. Check out our blog http://earlyretirementwanderlust.com Many thanks, Richard & Jackie Timeline 00:00 Introduction 00:48 We are earlyretirementwanderlust 02:48 Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in early retirement 04:24 Personal Identity in early retirement 08:57 A daily focus on purpose in early retirement 11:16 Maintain positivity in early retirement 14:16 Follow your dreams in early retirement 14:39 Be patient in early retirement