My motivation for this blog was varied - I wanted to document a life in transition, put my addled thoughts on paper for later reflection and to find my genuis.
I was advised by a wiser more articulate head than mine to 'not be perfect but be prolific'
Prompted by events of the day I managed to be pretty regular - then life got in the way and for the first time in my life I appeared to not have an opinion about absolutely everything and the writing stopped.
Not one for doing things half cocked - good bad or indifferent. I wondered at my sudden drought and decided to write about 'Retirement life'. Ho hum.......
Lets be honest - my retirement days run with the same attention to time and military precision as my teaching days. The beauty of 40 years in Education is that you become a walking clock - living in pockets of time and eeking out sessions into days into weeks into months into terms into semesters into years.........
So - my day - wake up at around 6 30 , have a shake, sort the animals , take Ionix and supplements get dressed and ready for gym.
Do a class. Go home. Go to the shops - pay bills- have a chai latte and read the paper, finding some titillating little item that is bound to be fodder for a blog entry.
Home again - lunch- and ready to look at business and self development.
A dose of rubbish TV and animal time before more supplements and a snack and back to the gym.
Home to Healthy mind and Body and a bar , catching up on emails and social media and then more crap telly and bed
Depending on weather and occasion, slight variations involve dog walks, visits with friends, lunch with Leigh and Sian and other appointments .
Not really riveting reading.
My one realisation about retirement is that it has allowed me time to reflect and change my mindset.
Of late I have been challenged with some significant financial setbacks that would have in the past had me rolling into a fetal ball, whining , stressing and achieving nothing.
I am so grateful for the time I have spent on 'ME'
I really see every day as an opportunity for new growth and view challenges in a positive light.
As routine and robotic as my days appear I look forward to every encounter and challenge as a sign that I can make changes with a healthier mindset.
I have discovered that without stressing over everything your mind is able to focus on options and be proactive about finding a solution - because there always is one if not more.
I have discovered that there is always a bright side and even if they are few and far between there is always another day and another problem and if they form the basis of your days life will disappear before you have lived it.
Sounds like a platitude and something from a Hallmark card but really if I have anything to say about retirement it is that I am SOOOOO grateful for the chance to actually figure out how to enjoy my days.
I still have issues and 'problems ' but I don't let them control me and inevitably they seem to pale into insigificance.
I wish I'd had this insight when I was raising the children and life would have been so much calmer and things may have been so much easier - but coulda woulda shoulda and I can only hope that they haven't been too affected by the catastrophising of their days in between the sports and parties and school.
There will always be bills to pay , cars always need repairs, relationships falter but life goes on and we can embrace that life with all its ups and downs or just go through the paces.
I have really learned to 'smell the chai latte'👍😀
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