It seems like friendship and relationships are on my mind a lot lately! We went to a 60th birthday gathering a couple of weeks ago. While there, the hosts commented that the theme was, 60 people for M’s 60th. They had invited only 60 people to the event, which was a phenomenal catered cocktail hour … Continue reading Who’s On The List?
I saw this question in an essay on friendship: “If you disappeared from their life for a month, would they miss you specifically? Not just what you do for them, but you.” And it made me think about things both ways - who am I missing, specifically, and have I been missed, specifically. I’ve drifted … Continue reading Have I Been Missed?
One of the tools I started using early in my retirement was morning journaling. It was a tool I learned about in The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron While mine is not quite the 3-5 pages of handwritten stream of consciousness she recommends, it is something that I have continued almost every day in my … Continue reading Journal Writings
While I’ve been writing in the blog recently about my intention to “start as I mean to go on” by creating the small habits and being intentional of where I put my energy so I am living the life I want to live, right now there is just a focus on, “Get the house done!” … Continue reading House Recovery Update
I’ve been reading again on friendship at this stage of life. My plan upon moving back into our home is to “start as I mean to go on,” creating the small habits and putting my energy in places so I am living the life I want to live. Part of this means I am thinking … Continue reading A Reflection on Friendship – Just Be You
I had to go back and look up what my WOTY (word of the year) was (link here) which might have meant I wasn’t really focusing on it. But my WOTY was “Intentional” and I had noted that I wanted to be intentional in being less reactive, to be intentional on setting boundaries, to be … Continue reading August Joys
I am a bit addicted to Facebook (even though I am told it’s for old-fogies now). But I follow a number of inspirational sites and often they provide me with a wonderful phrase for the day, or a question that stirs my contemplation. One that came up recently was, “Do you assume the best or the … Continue reading Do You Assume the Best or the Worst?
My retirement lifestyle vision statement was revised a number of times in my early retirement years but has been consistent now for quite a while. It is based on my core values and remains: Active Body, Connected Heart, Contemplative Mind, Creative Spirit In my journal this week I asked myself, “Do my routines currently hit … Continue reading Do My Routines Reflect My Vision?
The other day an old friend commented to me, “Quite the journey you have been on since starting retirement. This was not supposed to happen (in reference to the hurricane).” And it made me think, what was I expecting retirement to be like when I began the journey? And were my expectations societal? Personal? Realistic? … Continue reading Retirement Expectations
As I contemplated a blog topic for today, I noted that the only phrase underlined in my morning journal entries this week was, “Ordinary acts anchor us in the present.” Perhaps that is the answer to my underlying question, “I am doing the work, so why doesn’t it feel like I’m healing (emotionally)?” I recognize … Continue reading The Ordinary
