THE FIRST FIFTY DAYS OF RETIREMENT
I remember counting down the days to retirement, and now i am counting up the days from retirement. I only had about 10 days at home before setting off on this long trip. I am a little concerned about how the reality of being home will hit me after this great whirlwind of travel has settled down and I find myself without specific daily structured plans. I will certainly be taking time to review the wonders of this travel opportunity that I have been involved in. I need to re-visit different aspects of this trip and touch base with some of the people that made various parts of this trip special for me. I will be working on photographs taken on this journey, and I will also be taking a look at the video from the reunion to see if there is a documentary waiting to happen there.
I have been driving on the fabulous roads of Scotland. Some of the single track roads in the north and the Isle of Skye are invigorating.
I have enjoyed the challenge of looking ahead to see if there might be a vehicle speeding toward me at an upcoming sharp bend. The magnificent views are a dangerous distraction to a driver. There are frequent tiny areas where one can pull off the road to allow oncoming traffic to pass; it is, however, a matter of timing as one has to communicate through ESP with strangers in passing cars to navigate the roads, drop-offs, rough edges, cattle grids, narrow bridges, sharp turns, and hairpin bends in a safe manner. Sometimes one has to also account for the powerful effects (on others) of Scottish whisky.
There are only a couple of days left now before we return to Madison. Best to fully enjoy the beauty of what we have here and relax into the future gradually as it happens.
I remember counting down the days to retirement, and now i am counting up the days from retirement. I only had about 10 days at home before setting off on this long trip. I am a little concerned about how the reality of being home will hit me after this great whirlwind of travel has settled down and I find myself without specific daily structured plans. I will certainly be taking time to review the wonders of this travel opportunity that I have been involved in. I need to re-visit different aspects of this trip and touch base with some of the people that made various parts of this trip special for me. I will be working on photographs taken on this journey, and I will also be taking a look at the video from the reunion to see if there is a documentary waiting to happen there.
I have been driving on the fabulous roads of Scotland. Some of the single track roads in the north and the Isle of Skye are invigorating.
There are only a couple of days left now before we return to Madison. Best to fully enjoy the beauty of what we have here and relax into the future gradually as it happens.
Hi Martin ~ I'm glad you're having such a great time. The pictures are inspiring. As for counting the days from retirement, de nada. I'm just glad I don't have to work. I have a lot of "coulda, woulda, shouldas in my life, but mostly am glad that I lived a life, and that I'm still here and can still do some good. Though you may miss the differences you made in people's lives, I suspect you will find you can make the difference you would like to make in the time remaining.
ReplyDeletePlus, the economy is about to go bad, and climate change is about to go into overdrive. I wouldn't want to have the insecurity of working when the world is going to Hell. We are of the last lucky generations.