Well Cosmic Reader, I’m about to enter into my next great adventure… RETIREMENT. It didn’t take the first time so we’ll see what happens. I had attempted retiring some years ago but hadn’t prepared for what that meant. This time I hope I’m a bit more … prepared? organized?
Retirement means all sorts of things for people. I’m in the process of defining it for me. Some of the definition is in terms of what it isn’t – it isn’t ‘doing nothing’. I’m the proactive type so it also has to mean something more than simply a ‘not’.
Another thing I’ve decided is that money shouldn’t be the sole reason to do or not do something. If the activity is a heart’s desire then see what you can do to accomplish it. Granted, money is a part of the equation, but never let it be the only part.
For me, part of the definition is found in an old gospel song (paraphrased) – “… if I can help somebody as I go along then my living will not be in vain…” I’d really be irritated with myself if in the ‘closing years’ of my life that “I” was the only consideration.
