A gift for a retired friend
Tag: creative reinvention
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.
A writer drifting to new ventures…
So, yes, the photo suggests something waaaay more exciting, noble, and daring than my ‘new ventures’, but I liked the photo so there you go!
Retirement is still a reality and one of my interests, but I’ve drifted toward:
Anyway, I’ll probably be using retirerenew blog to post links to my other blogs, and a few other inspirations, since they’re all part of the ‘renewal and creative reinvention’ process.
Pay attention: Ideas are everywhere.
That’s the message in today’s email from Jill Badonsky.
Why not make it your mantra for 2021?
Happy New Year!
More reasons to write/create for others
An update sharing a link to the request so far.
Here is the current list of requests
–updated daily.
Confession…I’m falling behind! Luckily, I have till the 22nd to get them in the mail.
If you do participate, why not create a quick word cloud highlighting that person’s special traits? Then print it out on the paper you’ll use for your letter.
Finally! You’re doing something with your life!
Here’s a link to my post’s 1-minute look at the More Love Letters project’s first request:
https://inventwithwords.com/2020/12/08/contributing-to-this-larger-goodwill-words-project/
Geeez, do something with your life, would’ya? Part II
My first response to the story linked below: Admiration.
Then: “And you think it’s a big deal when you roll a neighbor’s trash barrels in every Tuesday morning.”
Yep, seems I could be doing more in my spare time.
So, once I get past the shame and embarrassment [I’ll need coffee and a scone to help me along], I’m going to let these impressive kids inspire me to simply get more done.
AND…super citizen that I am, I’ll STILL roll in those trash barrels!
Time Magazine’s Kid of the Year
Geeez, do something with your life, would’ya?
Yeah, life is a little wonky, even in retirement, but creating is still a great way to pivot out of the confusion and into something productive and helpful.
A few recent projects come to mind…
Sending notes to loveforourelders.org
Creating digital postcards
What I wish I knew as a creator
I enjoyed this fun I Wish They Had Told Me This Years Ago YouTube video by Julie of Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff.
If you’re interested in meeting more artists, check out the Cheap Joe’s Artspeak series.
Fellow folks on the retirement arc: I’m hoping these occasional posts nudge you forward in your creative pursuits, or nudge you forward to finding creative pursuits.
Curation Corner: Insights from Seth Godin
I subscribe to Seth Godin’s daily email and it just hit me that I’ve been squirreling away his wisdom when I should have been sharing it with you. Here are three items on creativity.
Hope you get a burst [a nudge, even] of inspiration.
Successful creatives are listeners and engagers.
Retire*Renew*Reinvent 