Tag: retire

Time poor, spirit

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Never stop learning because life never stops teaching. Stumbled upon an email from Pinterest, years ago.
Glacier Park daisies
My best friend and i claim this flower as a shared all-time favorite.
Steve Jobs and his wife
A humble light to the world was Steve’s wife. No one is immune from tragedy.

Am i time poor? And, does it even matter?

Time poor is when you are so busy, you cannot afford to waste any time.

You are living without any discretionary time.

No extra time to do something that isn’t required.

i want to create a new way of being with my discretionary time.

First i want discretionary time to explode.

Second, to increase discretionary time, my new ‘job’ is to eliminate or streamline everything that requires my time. The target is everything that feels like work.

Third, the extra discretionary time is to be spent making Cheryl (and myself) the center of my time expenditure.

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Letting go of posturing, spirit

Catholic Reading January 11, 2015
Became a Lector to volunteer (and serve) my time and talent for our Parish’s benefit. Photo: Lector’s vantage point before Mass some Sunday years ago..
ski jump from underneath
Stairway To Heaven? Photo: Lahti, Finland Ski Jumps from underneath, 2009.

Is it possible to finally, for good, let go of habitual, societal posturing?

Yes.

Stopped wearing my crucifix after one of our Church’s Saturday morning men’s group gatherings.

In my 40s, i was the youngest person in this group of 50 older Catholic men.

i became a regular in this men’s group. All of us attended one of the three annual Emmaus Weekend Retreats.

Led by a couple ‘elders’, there was a rhythm and format to the Saturday mornings. Scripture readings, lecture, singing, reflection and table talk.

In one table talk experience a fellow mentioned he wore his crucifix over his shirt so others could see it and know he’s a Christian.

i always wore mine under my shirts, invisible to others.

Told the table that i meant no disrespect, but i want people to know i’m a Christian from what i do, not from what i wear.

That was the moment.

.thinking .differently surprises even me sometimes.

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The trap to be busy, spirit

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The goal of every living thing is to reproduce. Period.

Knowing my days are numbered brings meaning to them.

When i was busier, this thought never appeared.

Why?

Because, like many, i thought i was gonna live forever.

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Paperwork playoffs, spirit

Super Bowl 48 staff training at Madison Square Garden Theater
Super Bowl 48, 2014, staff training at Madison Square Garden Theater.

Lots of pressure in a final game.

Either victor or victim.

No one remembers who was second.

A paperwork analogy is weird because it’s not obvious to me.

Gonna surrender to my inability to come up with a paperwork final-game analogy.

Feels good to surrender to it and just keep moving.

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Purge like you mean it, spirit

Purge: To rid, clear, or free.

Spiritually.

Going through a lifetime of Disney paperwork, still.

Have done it many times, over my life.

Similar to the physical ‘paper logs’, there isn’t much spiritual paperwork. This too feels freeing. As if the unknown gamble paid off.

Love that i had deep faith in the concept of purging “stuff”.

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