Concur. I reflected on the fact that since I was 5 years old my life was completely structured and all my time was regimented around the structure of school and work. Even moments of free time, such as a vacation, were squeezed into a forced time frame. So for multiple decades I have lived serving that structure.
Now that those days are behind me the liberty I have seems almost surreal. I’ve been retired for about four years and I still wake up daily pinching myself about how blessed I am. My spouse suggested I get some part-time gig. There is no way I will ever go back to even a minimal structure. The thought of getting locked into someone else’s schedule again is unnerving.
I am extremely happy to do my hobbies, work out 3 to 4 times a week, help my wife’s grow herbusiness, and give my life away to volunteer pursuits and my kids. I sound like an old man I guess, but my prayer is to live long enough to see at least one grandchild from each of my kids. Then I’ll die a happy, fulfilled man.
“My spouse suggested I get some part-time gig.”
I explain that I have a full-time job—speaking truth to power online—in a variety of different forums.
It is a total myth that one person cannot make a difference.
The butterfly effect is real.
One comment or suggestion you make may go around the world a hundred times before it reaches someone who agrees and has the power to do something about it.