Thoughts on being retired for one year

I can truly say that this first year of retirement has been a complete change of life experience.  I retired one year ago, fretting each and every day that I maybe had made the wrong choice.  But for the record, it has been wonderful.  There were a number of things that happened this year including:

1. I became a septuagenarian a couple of weeks before retiring
2. My wife and I realized that we were not using vast amounts of our house on a continuous basis; maybe 3 main rooms plus the porch
3. We had to replace our heater which made us realize that there may be more things that might need mending in the near future
4. We lost our first Medicare Advantage plan due to the insurance company stopping our specific plan; we are on the 3rd plan now
5. We decided to leave the house and move into a CCRC retirement community to escape the constant upkeep of the house
6. We downsized what we had - a lot; since we moved into a smaller space; I had to make some tough choices on what to bring with me
7. We celebrated 50 years of marriage with a cruise during the Covid-19 times; did not catch it, still haven’t caught it
8. Our move into the Apartment in the CCRC was very smooth; one truck load in and one and a half truck loads taken elsewhere
9. We have integrated into this CCRC (with around 2,000 persons) easily; lots of stuff to do
10. I became gobbled up into a couple of organizations on campus which takes up some of my time; hobbies take up the rest
11. We became great-grandparents for the first time

I am now confident in stating that retirement was a good thing for me.  I get to do a lot of my hobbies that I want to do that I was unable to do while working.  I may have spent 9 months worrying about finances, but I am now convinced that we will make it on what we have; in spite of the downturn in the Marketplace.  My wife and I are fortunate in that we have a loving family, have made the decision ourselves to move into this community without pressure from the kids.  We have our ducks in a line so that our kids will not have onerous things to do when mom and dad pass on.  We have made as much of a plan for our future as we could have in order to keep happy and be carefree until our time has come.