In an interview released Wednesday by People Magazine, Obama said she’s “[selectively] picking projects and chasing summer.”
Obama, a Chicago native, told the publication, “Barack and I never want to experience winter again.”
“We’re building the foundation for somebody else to continue the work so we can retire and be with each other and Barack can golf too much, and I can tease him about golfing too much because he’s got nothing else to do.”
After leaving the White House, the Obamas moved to Washington, DC’s Kalorama neighbourhood, bought a new home on Martha’s Vineyard, and constantly engaged with either a number of political, literature, and entertainment projects.
They’ve both written autobiographies (Barack Obama’s first book, “A Promised Land,” was published in late 2020), and their production company, Higher Ground, has completed film and podcast projects, with more in the works. “The Michelle Obama Podcast” launched in 2020, and the former president recently published “Renegades: Born in the USA,” a Spotify podcast partnership with Bruce Springsteen.
In addition, the former first lady has a new Netflix children’s show named “Waffles and Mochi” that will premiere shortly, as well as a special version of her wildly popular 2018 book “Becoming” for youth learners
The Obamas will also mark the completion of the Obama Presidential Library, which is presently under development in Chicago, in the anytime soon.
They quite lately made a guest appearance at President Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20. Biden was Obama’s vice president at the time.
Obama told the world that she suffered from “low-grade depression” during the disease outbreak, which was intensified by the civil unrest over the deaths of George Floyd and other Black Americans over the summer. The trial of Derek Chauvin, one of the Minneapolis police officers charged in Floyd’s murder, is presently in the jury selection stage.
She said she managed to cope with 2020 by taking up sewing and swimming while staying at home with her two daughters, Malia and Sasha, both Harvard University students who enjoyed months doing remote learning.
Knitting is a forever proposition You don’t master knitting, because once you make a scarf, there’s the blanket. And once you do the blanket, you’ve got to do the hat, the socks … I could go on about knitting!” Obama told People.