I'm single, live alone and have been retired voluntarily for about 2 1/2 years and can't say I've ever been bored or lonely. It's probably because I'm always curious and love to learn, and my spirituality is such that I came to the realization that thinking of myself as an isolated mind in a body is an error of thinking. I think of myself more of a wave on a ocean of consciousness that we are all part of. I have family and friends that I travel through this timeline with. I always feel connected, never disconnected. Without the internet it would be more difficult I think.