or time-empty?
To get an idea how well you'll handle time once you're retired, or how well you're presently doing in retirement, take this simple quiz. For a typical one-week period, estimate in half-hour increments (0.5, 1.0, 1.5, etc.) how much time you think you'll spend, or are spending, on the following activities:
| Meal preparation | ____ |
| Housework, yard work and maintenance | ____ |
| Gardening | ____ |
| Exercise (walking, jogging, swimming, aerobics, weight training, etc.) | ____ |
| Sports (bicycling, golf, tennis, hiking, canoeing, pickleball, etc.) | ____ |
| Organizational activities (committees, civic meetings, social, religious services) | ____ |
| Volunteer work (church, civic, school or special causes) | ____ |
| Classes of any kind | ____ |
| Studying or prep for classes | ____ |
| Computer time (email, web surfing, IM, etc.) | ____ |
| Social events (lunch with friends, parties, get-togethers, plays, movies, concerts, entertaining at home, etc.) | ____ |
| Hobbies (not sport-related) | ____ |
| Plan/prep for a trip | ____ |
| Pet care _____ (walks, grooming, vet visits, playing with pet, etc.) | ____ |
| Family visits | ____ |
| Reading | ____ |
| Shopping | ____ |
| Miscellaneous errands (nonshopping) | ____ |
| Part-time job/new career | ____ |
| TOTAL | ____ |
| If male, add 77 hours (for sleep, eating, and personal hygiene) per week | ____ |
| If female, add 80.5 hours (for personal hygiene) per week | ____ |
| NET TOTAL | ____ |
| Subtract the net total from 168 (the number of hours in a week) | |
| Total “additional” time per week | ____ |
| For an average day, divide by 7 | ____ |
Source: retirementrocket.com.
More Resources
Books
1 Fodor's Travel. Best Road Trips in the USA. Fodor's Travel, 2021.
2 Maxwell, John. Change Your World: How Anyone, Anywhere Can Make a Difference. HarperCollins Leadership, 2021.
3 Shultz, Patricia. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. Workforce Publishing Company, 2015.
4 Smith, Hyrum. Purposeful Retirement: How to Bring Happiness and Meaning to Your Retirement. Mango, 2019.
5 Yogerst, Joe. 100 Drives, 5000 Ideas. National Geographic, 2020.
Websites
1 Volunteer or donate to a charity near you: https://greatnonprofits.org/nonprofits/Q/1
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