During the initial weeks after retirement there was a flurry of activity on my end. I thought I’d have all this free time, and I needed a way to maximize it all. I set up an independent mail server for my project needs (i.e. the plethora of mailing lists I would undoubtedly be able to keep up with). I read Getting Things Done. I read the follow-up to Getting Things Done. I set up an incredibly intricate system to keep track of projects, TODO lists, etc. Ahem, Org Mode. And of course, as in all things emacs, I read copious amounts of documentation so I could write an enormous amount of lisp code to tweak every conceivable feature to save me 5 minutes every 2 weeks.  Ah…free time, how I missed you! Continue reading Early retirement or how I traded deadlines for diapers. →