“Here’s what I want,” you say. “I want to do something unusual or at least different from my old job to earn some extra cash for walking-around-money after I’m retired. Something fun sounds good. Something I can do off and on–now that’s a must.” Here is what 2 retired men in their 60s did.
Handyman. If you are not naturally handy this may not be fun, but it is for Bob. After years of being a top salesman for a printing company, he retired to a small northern California city. It was a quiet life and he loved it at first, but soon realized he needed to get to know more people. He joined a few groups in his new city and met a few people but most of them were still working. Then came up with another idea.
He had always enjoyed doing maintenance on his personal home and investment properties. All it took was getting some business cards that offered his services as a handyman. He posted the business cards on bulletin boards in various locations around town–coffee houses, grocery stores, etc. Soon he had plenty of work, much of it for women who, like him, were single. It has turned out to be good for his bank account, great for his social life!
Another man, Ed, who lived in a retirement community in Nevada offered to help install chandeliers in the Clubhouse. It made his reputation A former contractor, he became the most popular handyman in the community simply by word of mouth. And, like Bob, expanded the circle of friends for his wife and himself.
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Note: The people mentioned on this site are real and what they did is true. Their names have been changed to protect their privacy.