I've found a girl after my own heart Patricia! I agree with everything in your newsletter and like you encourage everyone who will listen to try new things and start new adventures. Also like you, I do love to paint but I am finding writing and trying to get to grips with my podcast on Substack is taking up all my time at the moment, maybe because I am new and am still trying to find my rhythm. Unfortunately this also means I am not getting round to reading all the publications I have subscribed to but I'm so pleased I just came across your page and took the time to stop, look and listen! Lovely to meet you.
That's the problem, Lindsey, when you get pleasure from different ways of creating - you just don't have time to do them all! I'm often thinking about what my next painting project will be but Substack is occupying most of my time at the moment so getting started on it is just not on. It's good to meet a like mind and lovely to meet you, too.
In my early 60s I realised I had many regrets so decided I would make every day count from here on. Writing and writing on Substack has been a big part of it. It makes me go out and do stuff to write about. Tomorrow I am talking about my writing journey to the local U3A writing group. Who'd have thought?
Hi Robyn, I see you've become a member of my community - Welcome! And I'm reciprocating. I look forward to reading your posts and will look out for the one on the U3A writing group.
Great piece of writing. The end quote really resonated with me. Lack of purpose eats away at the soul and the mind. I am finally writing my novel, do pilates 5 times a week, walk for 2 hours a day, have cut refined sugar and will take up teaching crafts this year, post eye op. I'm inconveniently cross eyed at the moment 😂. Don't want to scare the students. I live in a town where there are a lot of people who live in the past. That will never be me!
Thank you, Lily. You certainly have reason to get up every morning with so much to do! Those daily two hour walks are impressive. I like your positive thinking.
This is so important! I've seen so many people at this stage of life stop living for something. I didn't want this to be me, so I have continued my education to become a Board certified health and wellness coach. I have a passion for health and wellness, and it enables me to help myself and others live well in The Third Age. Thank you for your insights.
You're welcome, Daria. You're doing great! Furthering your knowledge on such important issues as health and wellness, and sharing what you learned with others. That's inspirational!
Hello Pat, I really enjoyed your podcast. At my stage of life, I’m still working full time, and treasuring every precious hour I have to work on my own projects at home. The closest I have come to mimicking the experience of retirement was lockdown. This came at a time when I felt as though I was burning out at work. Initially, it was wonderful to be able to rest and have no responsibilities. After a while, I began to feel this time was precious, and needed to be utilized to its full capacity. The pressure I put myself under to achieve caused so much stress, that I spent a great deal of time sitting around, thinking I must do something. Of course, the problem was that I had lost all sense of pace and rigger. It no longer mattered if I stayed up all night and slept half the day away. Very quickly I realised how bad this was for me. I began to go on lengthy walks, exploring new regions of Mortimer Forest. I have lived in this area for about 16 years, and despite this I found myself discovering new treasures, such as the bluebells on Climbing Jack Common, two aqueducts along the Pipe Walk and an enormous Elm tree, a survivor of Duch Elm disease. This tree was scarred from diseases, but it had survived when most of its species had died. At the time I felt like the tree. My species wasn’t battling Duch Elm disease but COVID-19; would we be changed after the pandemic?
I spent my lockdown doing an introductory course in counselling and getting a book published. Once I had become accustomed to having autonomy over my time, the freedom was wonderful.
During this period, many people fell apart. I remember being in the queue to get into Tesco, there were two young men in front of me and I was listening dumfounded to their conversation. They had determined to stay inebriated for the entire course of lockdown. They were queuing up to buy alcohol. Two young men spending their freedom from work on the cultivation of an addition that ruins so many lives.
Lying in bed all day, throwing out your circadian rhythm isn’t any good for you at all. If I’m ever lucky enough to be able to retire, I will spend my days learning and writing.
I've found a girl after my own heart Patricia! I agree with everything in your newsletter and like you encourage everyone who will listen to try new things and start new adventures. Also like you, I do love to paint but I am finding writing and trying to get to grips with my podcast on Substack is taking up all my time at the moment, maybe because I am new and am still trying to find my rhythm. Unfortunately this also means I am not getting round to reading all the publications I have subscribed to but I'm so pleased I just came across your page and took the time to stop, look and listen! Lovely to meet you.
That's the problem, Lindsey, when you get pleasure from different ways of creating - you just don't have time to do them all! I'm often thinking about what my next painting project will be but Substack is occupying most of my time at the moment so getting started on it is just not on. It's good to meet a like mind and lovely to meet you, too.
Thank you Patricia, now I must put my lap top down and go and do some gardening before it starts raining again! Have a lovely Easter weekend.
In my early 60s I realised I had many regrets so decided I would make every day count from here on. Writing and writing on Substack has been a big part of it. It makes me go out and do stuff to write about. Tomorrow I am talking about my writing journey to the local U3A writing group. Who'd have thought?
Hi Robyn, I see you've become a member of my community - Welcome! And I'm reciprocating. I look forward to reading your posts and will look out for the one on the U3A writing group.
Great piece of writing. The end quote really resonated with me. Lack of purpose eats away at the soul and the mind. I am finally writing my novel, do pilates 5 times a week, walk for 2 hours a day, have cut refined sugar and will take up teaching crafts this year, post eye op. I'm inconveniently cross eyed at the moment 😂. Don't want to scare the students. I live in a town where there are a lot of people who live in the past. That will never be me!
Thank you, Lily. You certainly have reason to get up every morning with so much to do! Those daily two hour walks are impressive. I like your positive thinking.
Thankyou!
This is so important! I've seen so many people at this stage of life stop living for something. I didn't want this to be me, so I have continued my education to become a Board certified health and wellness coach. I have a passion for health and wellness, and it enables me to help myself and others live well in The Third Age. Thank you for your insights.
You're welcome, Daria. You're doing great! Furthering your knowledge on such important issues as health and wellness, and sharing what you learned with others. That's inspirational!
That sounds like a good plan, Pamela, keep doing what you love into your nineties. You have a good role model in your father.
I plan on taking after my father, slowing down at 88, but keeping doing what I love.
Hello Pat, I really enjoyed your podcast. At my stage of life, I’m still working full time, and treasuring every precious hour I have to work on my own projects at home. The closest I have come to mimicking the experience of retirement was lockdown. This came at a time when I felt as though I was burning out at work. Initially, it was wonderful to be able to rest and have no responsibilities. After a while, I began to feel this time was precious, and needed to be utilized to its full capacity. The pressure I put myself under to achieve caused so much stress, that I spent a great deal of time sitting around, thinking I must do something. Of course, the problem was that I had lost all sense of pace and rigger. It no longer mattered if I stayed up all night and slept half the day away. Very quickly I realised how bad this was for me. I began to go on lengthy walks, exploring new regions of Mortimer Forest. I have lived in this area for about 16 years, and despite this I found myself discovering new treasures, such as the bluebells on Climbing Jack Common, two aqueducts along the Pipe Walk and an enormous Elm tree, a survivor of Duch Elm disease. This tree was scarred from diseases, but it had survived when most of its species had died. At the time I felt like the tree. My species wasn’t battling Duch Elm disease but COVID-19; would we be changed after the pandemic?
I spent my lockdown doing an introductory course in counselling and getting a book published. Once I had become accustomed to having autonomy over my time, the freedom was wonderful.
During this period, many people fell apart. I remember being in the queue to get into Tesco, there were two young men in front of me and I was listening dumfounded to their conversation. They had determined to stay inebriated for the entire course of lockdown. They were queuing up to buy alcohol. Two young men spending their freedom from work on the cultivation of an addition that ruins so many lives.
Lying in bed all day, throwing out your circadian rhythm isn’t any good for you at all. If I’m ever lucky enough to be able to retire, I will spend my days learning and writing.