【明報專訊】MR and MRS X'S retirement routine used to begin with a breakfast at their favourite local eatery. They'd leave their 500-square-foot home at 8 a.m. and enjoy a humble meal while consuming their daily dose of neighbourhood gossip at the slightly cramped restaurant. When they return, their two daughters in their twenties would have left for work. A customised laundry list of chores would await, which they would gracefully complete at their own pace. Anyone who has done that would acknowledge its intensity as on a par with a mini gym session. Perhaps for that reason, the Xs have enjoyed health and peace after retirement.