Mom retired asking what to do with her time

Hey everyone, my mom retired a year ago (not Fire, just getting a pension) and traveled and spent time with my family members. I am wealthy and thinking of supporting her.

She now reached out asking for suggestions on what to do with her time. I think she is getting bored and suggested she could help running some business or managing some assets (real estate) for me or family.

She has been a top gov worker and plugged in on how things work from real estate to local disputes (can’t go too much in details).

She is not really interested in doing things for money, but more like to spend her time into something and feeling useful.

Whay suggestion do you have? How do you keep your parents busy, healthy and motivated?

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Meanwhile some ideas I came up with:

  1. I could purchase some vacation rental near where she lives, so that she can manage a couple of airbnb
  2. I always wanted to run a small artisan shop, in theory she could support / manage it
  3. I would like to buy and refurbish some real estate but never had time and I think she would be good at that

Posted Aug 1, 2025, 6:08 AM UTC

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