Set adrift to where … ?
Adrift is a perfect word to describe cutting from the anchoring to the winner take all working world of supposed worth and yet when disconnected, what is it we have of worth from that Westernised view of value?
Adrift in retirement can be part of the time out to value just the person Me; without the choking yoke of that valueless burdensome view of the absolute primacy of total work, which when the end comes, does not count anymore.
Lost in translation that word retirement. And when that yoke of constant work ceases what then; more of the same without the value of the view of who we thought we were; and now what of our daily grind or sense of worth?
Know thyself – Now is a good time to think about exploring that.
Ageing looks forward to diminished physical and financial power, but if kept healthy, the capacity and time to think still beckons. Who knows, further maturing may even be beneficial to your progeny. Even calling for account of the political and market and military wolves maybe what our young will need to assist them in dealing with the mess that they are progressively starting to inherit.
This is an exciting time. The current philosophical underpinning of global monopoly capitalism — philosophical materialism — has already started to hear its distant bells ringing from many quarters and especially from what cutting edge science has been opening up since the start of last century. However it has been taking some real gut punches of late. If you doubt that check out the panpsychism ship jumpers seemingly heading toward joining the other bell ringers. The vicious back stabs thrown at them have been strikingly interesting to watch.
In philosophy, panpsychism is the view that consciousness, mind, or soul is a universal and primordial feature of all things. Panpsychists see themselves as minds in a world of mind. Wikipedia
For the retiree now heading into the last furlong, a bit of time to check this new world out might be helpful in the long run.