For me, it's been a nice slow-down. After 33 years as a probation officer in a rural area, involvement in at least 13 committees, boards and such, moving away and reducing all that has been great. Stir in two new grandsons and a granddaughter on the way, things couldn't be better. I ride more. I write more. I read more. I shoot (photos) more. Money's OK. While I am never bored, everthing is a bit slower. I love it. It't been a little over six years, and except for those 6 weeks I was asked to return as an "interim", I haven't looked back.