Category: inspiration for retirees
Reasons to leave the recliner–neighborhood walks
We’ve been graced with imaginative and humorous neighbors who keep these ursine friends dressed to match seasons and current events.
When I take and share photos, I also try to keep ‘declare it art’ in mind.
So go on, leave that living room and look to create rather than consume some entertainment.
Goodwill Words Gallery, retiredguys.net, etc.
From my other sites…
Goodwill Words Gallery [A favorite project]
Retiredguys.net [Helps me keep tabs on this next chapter.]
Word Inventions [Just added a Seth Godin post. The guy is so sharp.]
Side Hustle Curator [nearing 300 posts. I just like passing along some helpful content to others. You’d think I’d repurpose some of this, wouldn’t you?]
Yes, I’m still as retired as ever.
And sometimes, tired as ever.
Change ‘and’ to ‘or’.
Derek Sivers…smart guy. Helpful, down-to-earth insights. Shared freely right here in excerpts from his book, Hell Yeah or No–what’s worth doing.
I ran across this one today: Procrastination hack: change “and” to “or”
He saw that he was applying too many ‘musts’ to his list before making time to exercise. Result: Not enough fitness sessions. ‘And’ to ‘or’ made all the difference.
As retired guys, it seems like a good idea to set aside too many conditions and cut ourselves a little slack.
Give it a try.
Check out my insanely overpriced
The Incomplete Book of Retirement Wisdom
Retired can simply mean refocused.
There is something about retirement that opens your mind to ‘the finish line’.
Saw this sign a while back in Mt. Vernon, WA.
Found it interesting to witness others’ bucket list items.
One of mine: Visit Canada again…either west coast or east coast. Even better–if/when things calm down, take the CP Rail from one coast to the other.
Another one: FINISH one of my writing/content projects.
What’s on your bucket list? Let that list energize your days.
Not sure how to start a bucket list? Take a look at this interesting categorized list of 200 bucket list items.
Charlie Chaplin: Embrace your inner student .
Brene Brown: Jump start creativity with vulnerability.
Picasso: Good sense? Naaah.
Looking past annoyance…
Yeah, the rest of the world feels like a complete pain in the, well, somewhere on your person.
Okay, not the rest of the world, but let’s just call them the pandemic and the politically whacked-out corners of the world. Quote from a loved one: “This pandemic is pissing me off!”
But here in retirement world, I have to feel grateful…
— for my retirement partner, wife, fellow consumer of baked goods, dog-walking teammate, L, who clearly has a greater capacity/tolerance level for stomaching current events than I do. She can doom-scroll with the best of them.
— for the dog who uses me as his personal piece of comfort-and-security furniture. Currently, his chin is on my lower leg, thus rendering any slight eye-twitch or muscle spasm on my part as an irrefutable message that I am reaching for a food bit to feed him.
— for the pair of mourning doves perched on our fence, within easy reach of my bleary eyes, but brought closer by my trusty binoculars. (And no, neighbors, I only use them to spy on nature, thank you very much.)
— for the fresh-baked 1/2 all-purpose, 1/4 whole wheat, 1/4 dark rye seed bread right out of our oven.
— for a day where–even in pandemic times–I have an array of choices of explorations…and distractions.
— for my cameras/phone to record the choice moments of any given day.
— for my/our health to pursue all of the above. [I don’t want to jinx next month’s annual exam, however…]
Here’s hoping you find similar corners of joy, safe from the craziness parade of 2021, aka ‘I’m not 2020, but I ain’t much better’.
Need a quick-and-dirty creativity departure?
A powerful way to unleash your natural creativity | Tim Harford
Slow motion multitasking. Interesting…
Consider this: Practice
Okay, I’m going on the assumption that we folks outside of the working world [euphemism for ‘retired’] have a little time on our hands.
With that in mind, take a look at my post from yesterday on another of my blogs.
Lots of good freebies from the post.
Enjoy your time.