Can I blame COVID?

Or are the changes in my life just a reflection of the passage of time?

Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash

The other day I was reflecting on how quiet and relatively insular my life has become in these first early months of retirement.

I can go days at a time without leaving the house, and I often note a low level anxiety surrounding my when I do go out. Everyone is in a hurry to get somewhere, and usually, I’m not.