No one cares about you

This sounds like a very depressing title but I promise it's not. 

Most people live inside their own heads and are preoccupied with their personal affairs; a reality which, after you retire, becomes doubly evident. Those you thought might have more free time for you don't which makes perfect sense as they are still very much running inside their own personal mazes. 

This simple realization should liberate us to focus more on what we need and forget what people think. For they are not spending much time at all thinking about us. For strangers we barely even exist.

This is a universal theme of humanity and with this knowledge you can become more free than you ever imagined. You were educated from birth to worry about what others think and most of us fell into the same trap. We are busy inside our heads fussing about our acceptability to society instead of focusing on our own internal needs. 

Our sense of self should improve and our authenticity will blossom because instead of thinking about how we are being perceived we are able to be present for others more than ever before.

Don't waste your energy. Just be real.