Influence of retirement on routine
DNM
Participants recognised the importance of routine, yet many who were retired referred to a lack of daily structure: ‘I need to have a time… but I find it hard now I’m retired to be as patterned in anything’ (Rachel, 76, >PA and DNM). Further, in several cases, there was a resistance to planning and structure since retirement: ‘Maybe it has something to do with not wanting to be regimented, like you are at work…regimented by deadlines and goals…so I object to being regimented as there is no fun in it’ (Oscar, 68, >PA and DNM).