Readers response: Have you picked up any new skills or learned something unexpected since retiring?
When many of us retire and our time is now fully our own, some people use this time to pick up a new skill or hobby they've always wanted to try.
We asked our readers if they have picked up any new skills since retiring, and the response was overwhelming. Here's what they said.
Marion Thompson - Cycling, travelling and watercolour art.
Dee Douglas - How to take a walk and look at everything with new eyes rather than a head filled with work issues.
Margaret Mason - Line dancing and croquet since moving in the last 18 months. I have actually been retired for 18 years and in that time also learnt some New Testament Greek.
Yvonne Cooper - Spoon carving and wood work. Loving it!
Glenn Azlin - Competed Certificate III Applied Languages (Mandarin).
Anne O'Donohue - How to take all week to do the chores I could do in a day.
Helen Morgan - It turns out I am very good at doing nothing, a real expert!
Sheila Ball - Taking time to read a book.
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