After the Great Resignation of 2024 when I quit my job to go out on my own, I went through a lot of lifecycles. At first, exhaustion ruled the day. The freedom that was represented by being out on my own didn’t just give me room to breathe, it gave me room to rest. Then,Continue reading “Balance, big dreams and daydreams…”
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That holiday feelin’
It’s about this time that I get worried that the Christmas season will somehow pass me by and I’ll forget to enjoy it. I’ll think that I’m squandering days and that I really need to focus. Yep, that’s me. Slightly crazy and owning it. After traveling home from New Orleans on the second busiest flyingContinue reading “That holiday feelin’”
Seeking a lost kitty collar… and peace.
Life spun out of control. Even though I am largely retired and working on average 14-15 hours per week, the wheels fell off. Spectacularly. I mean, there were wheels rolling down the streets in opposite directions, wheels going flat and wheels running off the road into the tall grass on a deserted southern road whereContinue reading “Seeking a lost kitty collar… and peace.”
Beware the Ides of March?
I work for myself. Just let that sink in. After 39 years of working for others, I work for myself. That’s pretty stinking cool. I am now past the anxiety and the excited stage. I have settled into the idea that life, somehow, is going to be different. I just have to experience it first.Continue reading “Beware the Ides of March?”
Here’s to Friday Eve!
Okay, so today is a day when I just don’t want to work. It was bound to happen. I came back from a long vacation, worked two days and then… well, then I didn’t want to work. I feel like it should be the weekend already. Now, truth be told, it’ll be okay. I’ll workContinue reading “Here’s to Friday Eve!”
The Yuppie Homesteader 