/authors/just-retired/ Recent content in Just Retired on Utopia Stories Library Hugo en-us /stories/50236/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /stories/50236/ <p><em><strong>Author's Note:</strong> This is my first public story. Depending on the feedback I have some ideas for a continuation.</em></p> <p><strong>The Beginning</strong></p> <p>I was a successful business man who had worked hard all my career to reach my ambition of retiring by the age of 50. Although not a multi-millionaire by any stretch, my small business was running well without my involvement providing me enough income to live the moderate lifestyle I desired. And I certainly wasn&rsquo;t a sloth who wanted to spend all my time on the lounge. I enjoyed keeping fit, tending the garden and going to the beach.</p>