What do you do when you leave your job? Maybe you take some time off and travel, or you could start applying for a new one. But what happens when your job is to be the president of the United States? What do you do then?
Well, first of all, you need to move out of the White House and go back to “normal” life. But what is normal? I guess you could stay on politics or maybe find something new to do, like these ex-presidents. Here’s a list of 10 things to do when the presidency is over:
10. Becoming a judge of the Supreme Court.
Until this date, William Howard Taft has been the only one to occupy the head of the judicial and executive powers of the United States.
9. Celebrate your birthday skydiving.
George H.W. Bush celebrated his 75th birthday jumping off a plane, but he didn’t stop there. The former president jumped off two times more, for his 80 and 85 birthday.
8. Move into a suite in a 34th floor.
Hervert Hoover moved into this amazing suite at the Waldorf Towers. He lived there for 30 years.
7. Never leave politics.
John Quincy Adams serve nine times in Congress after his time at the presidency.
6. Painting portraits.
George W. Bush started to paint portraits of leaders, although its art teacher shared that the ex-mandatary likes to paint portraits of dogs.To top this information, some pictures were leaked of Bush’s self-portraits.
5. Travel trough America in order to get to know people face to face.
Warren G. Harding went on a trip across the US,to then pass through the Panama Canal and Puerto Rico. He called this “Voyage of Understanding” and he did it to meet Americans and repair his damaged public image. Unfortunately, he couldn’t finish the trip. The ex-president passed away in San Francisco in the middle of the journey.
4. Starting a distillery.
Believe it or not, George Washington made his own whiskey. At the year of his death it became the largest distillery in America producing 11,00 gallons of whiskey.
3. Winning two Grammy Awards.
Turns out Bill Clinton is extremely good at narrating. In 2004 he won the Best Spoken Word Album for Children Grammy for narrating “Peter and the Wolf” and in 2005 won the second award for Best Spoken Word Album thanks to the audiobook of his autobiography called My Life.
2. Taking part in an expedition to South America.
Teddy Roosevelt took a trip to Brazil with the idea of bringing back animal specimens for display in the American Museum of Natural History. But in the middle of the journey, Roosevelt came down with malaria and suffered a leg wound. He almost lost his life.
1. Founding a nonprofit organization.
Former president Jim Carter founded Carter Center in 1982. This ONG main goal is to eradicate guinea worm disease, a disease caused by contaminated water. The Carter Center has reduced the number of cases from 3.5 million to 22.