Putting Fingers to Keyboard....#WQ Theme: Actions that Inspire
It's another week of Wednesday Quotes, hosted by Marsha from Always Write. If you're interested in joining, you can find more about #WQ here.
I'm trying to be consistent again with posting to WQ because I truly enjoy it, but because I like to take a bit more time, well, let's face it, it always takes me more time to write posts...but I do like to research quotes, etc..and put a lot of thought into them, sometimes I just decide to skip it. When do I get to retire again? Haha.
This weeks theme revolves around actions that inspire, at least that's the path I'm taking. What actions? I'm not sure yet...the action of retirement inspires me. For now, I have to pause and....GO. TO. WORK.
It seems that many bloggers I follow (not all) are retired or do not work outside the home. I stayed home while our girls were young (we homeschooled as well), and then when my oldest was a senior I needed to find work..I helped out an older lady for 4 years and then, when that was over, I started working at my current job, which I do love. But I long for the day when I don't need to work. There are so many things in my head that I could do. Blogging is important to me because it's a creative outlet. I also am a virtual assistant for a blogger, managing her social media pages and babysit my grandkids at least once a week. I know if I didn't do the VA work I'd have more time on my hands, but I enjoy it. And I desire to continue blogging. Amongst other things I'd love to do. Maybe I just need better time management. I digress...all this to say, I do look forward to someday retiring. So let's see what quotes I can drum up.
The action of retirement that I see in many is what inspires me...how they choose to walk into it. I see some who just flounder and don't know what to do, or if it's a forced retirement, they just go downhill quick. Others embrace it with gusto; they travel, find new hobbies, learn more about themselves, take classes to learn new things. That's how I want to be. I want to age with purpose, to not see it as the last half of my life to be complained about and just waiting to die, but I want to see it as a time to embrace all that I have left. I look back and see so many things I wish I would've done...don't we all? But we didn't know different, and I don't feel like I had anyone encouraging me to do different, be different. So here's to the years of work I have left, and then the years of retirement I get to look forward to.
Kirstin
You have a lot of relevant points, here, Kirstin. I worked hard to get educated at a level that I could earn the most doing what I loved to do, which was to teach. I taught my heart out and when the time was finished, I hung it up with the best retirement I could have earned given the number of years I spent teaching. Then I quit. Totally, and started the next phase of my life, which took me online to learn again. Learning is what I love to do most, so I've spent 12 years learning how to communicate and write better, and to take better pictures. I haven't learned it to a professional level, maybe, because I didn't go all in on one thing like I did teaching. But I built on what I already knew, which was how to learn. Since I'm freed of having to earn the most I can with what I know, I can putter and make mistakes. That said, I still hold to a schedule as best I can when I publish.
ReplyDeleteThank you marsha. I always want to learn, and have an attitude that is willing to try new things, succeed, fail, and just enjoy everything possible.
DeleteOh Kirstin, much of this is speaking my language! My experience has been similar - we homeschooled so I was at home and doing what I enjoyed for all those years, working part-time when it suited my schedule, and blogging was one of the creative outlets that became a passion for me. Now that I'm back in the work force full time, it bothers me that I don't have the time I'd like for my creative hobbies. But the creative things are what keep me engaged and purposeful in life so I have to do them, I think. My husband and I continually renew our promise to each other that when we do retire, we will not stop learning and living!
ReplyDeleteTotally agree Kym. I always always want to learn and embrace new things.
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