GREEN BAY — Brett Favre began the rest of his life this week.

So what does the retired Green Bay Packers quarterback plan to do?

"Nothing," Favre said at a news conference Thursday.

"(Former general manager) Ron Wolf asked me yesterday, 'What are you going to do?' I said, 'Nothing.' And I'm going to stick to that until I want to do something else."

Some say Favre is pretty good at that already. After all, he hunts, fishes, golfs and spends his offseasons puttering around his 465-acre spread near Hattiesburg, Miss., on a tractor.

One thing is for sure: Favre won't be hanging around the Packers much.

He and his wife, Deanna, have decided to take a year off from everything — even their charity work — and Favre has never spent a fall in Mississippi with his two daughters.

"Will I watch games? I'm sure I will," he said. "Will I be involved? I always made the joke about being here for the honorary coin toss. Well, that time may come. I may be back for something like that, but as far as giving advice, I don't think that will happen."

There are several reasons for that. Favre doesn't claim to have the expertise of a coach.

He thinks the way he did things won't necessarily work for another quarterback. And he doesn't want to be looking over the shoulder of his successor, Aaron Rodgers.

"The last thing I want to be is one of those guys who hangs around and, because of my status, they keep me around (because) they don't know how to tell me no," Favre said.

"Will I be a Green Bay Packer for life? Sure. That doesn't mean I come in and give my opinions and things like that. I wish the Packers well. I wish Aaron well. I think he'll do a great job. I think he has the talent. I've heard for the last three years that, 'Hopefully, he's learned from Brett.' What that means, I don't know. He's his own player, he has his own style and that's what he needs to stick to."

Favre knows he's leaving a good team, one that lost to the New York Giants in overtime in the NFC title game.

So what will he think if, like Tiki Barber of the Giants, he retires and the Packers win the Super Bowl next season?

"I could be sitting here next year saying, 'I could be pulling a Tiki Barber. What if?' " Favre said. "But that's the chance you take. I've been to the Super Bowl, been fortunate to play on some great teams. I have no regrets and there are no guarantees. ... Hopefully, the Packers do go on and have great success. If that is the case, I hope I don't say, 'You made the wrong decision.' I don't believe I'll do that. I really don't."

Favre said he has no plan for the future because all he's ever done is play football.

He does, however, want to catch up on some things he's missed while consumed by his career.

To that end, he's going to heed the advice of his wife, who counseled him to see life through the front windshield and not the rearview mirror.

"There are things I missed and you can't get those things back," Favre said. "From this day forward, I hope to kind of see things through the front windshield."