Three years ago, I thought I would be retired by now. And I am. I thought the missus would be retired too. And she almost is. But I retired sooner than I thought. Once I started thinking about it, I simply made it happen. I thought I was going to ease into it, taking fewer and fewer clients. I’ve always been terrible at predicting the future.
And after a summer like this, my first summer where I truly felt like I was completely and utterly disconnected from the working world, I feel wonderful. I really don’t care.
I don’t care what my neighbours think of me. I do what I want. I don’t care about much of anything. I say what I want. All the stress has left my body. I hardly drink anymore, no vodka, no gin, and nowhere near as much white wine and beer as past summers. Very little cannabis smoked as well - 30% of last summer’s usage. Contentment and peace are my adjectives. Last night I was asleep in bed at 9pm. When did I adopt such a healthy lifestyle?
If there is a difference between contentment and happiness, contentment is good enough.
And the thing I like about this site is the side bar. I look back on a daily basis of what I was thinking and doing on this day going back six years - my YouTube favourites, a Covid summer, travel to BC and Taiwan, work, family, friends, neighbours, self reflections and daily life. If you don’t keep track of what is happening, you won’t realize looking back at what happened, what’s changed and when and how all that stuff transpired getting you to this point.
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