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Today, I officially change my FTE status. In true serendipitous fashion, I also wouldn’t have worked today anyway. Ever since I shifted to my earlier version of part-time, I do not work on Fridays. Today, I go down to just a tad over half-time. After making that decision on Christmas Eve, six months of planning,Continue reading “It’s official!”

This past month has been a huge transition. Each day, I lurched forward. Sometimes in huge, jarring leaps that made me see clearly my life was different. Sometimes, in small, barely recognizable movements that I thought I was stagnating or even moving backwards. And now, in large part, I think I’m just about “there”. AndContinue reading “Back to good.”

So, I broke out the canning cookbooks two nights ago. Once the calendar turns to late June and the garden is fully in, it’s time to think about all of the wonderful goodness that I can “put up” as my grandma would say. There is also a seasonality of sorts to canning. Early to mid-summerContinue reading “Canning Porn”

It happens every year around this time. Spring and early summer are overwhelming and a game of “Beat the Clock” with Mother Nature. Then, sometime around July 1st, the clock rings and whatever got done is what will be. Planting now – except for second harvests – isn’t going to do you much good. ThisContinue reading “Living by the clock…”

I don’t talk enough about the pursuit of simple peace or what the transition has been like. Instead, I spend an inordinate amount of time writing about the reality of everyday vs. the inspiration that got me here. When I work with clients, I describe that running a business is a mix of being bothContinue reading “Simplicity, redefined.”

So, I’m really getting into this half-time stuff. Today was the first Monday I’ve looked forward to in a lllooonnnggg time. I mean, decades. And why was this Monday so worthy? Simply put: the whole world was going back to work and I would have some quiet time to get things caught up. And that’sContinue reading “Of cats and Mondays…”

So, it happens without fanfare. No ticker tape parade. Not even a “going away” party – mostly because I’m not actually going away. Instead, it happens the way I prefer it to happen: a simple fade to black. Calm. Quiet. Today, my new life starts in earnest. In the end, it only took a littleContinue reading “My new life begins.”

A week into semi-retirement and a few things have become apparent. First, I don’t regret waiting until May and I really thought I would. Somehow – and it totally baffles the imagination – I appear to have done this at just the right time for both me and my little family. Secondly, there is aContinue reading “Life here in the slow lane…”

In eight days, I can unofficially begin working half-time. Between now and then, I have only two “hard” days of work left. For all intents and purposes, I am pretty much “there.” So, what is there? Well, if you ask me to describe what I do, I can finally change the answer. What I “do”Continue reading “Life, uninterrupted.”

It’s no secret that the past six months have been especially wild around here. Darryl took the full-time data scientist role at one of his client’s firms. We had a very hectic Christmas season flying to New Orleans and a hellish trip home. And then, renovations happened for 10 straight weeks. Trying to juggle twoContinue reading “Making heartspace”