Last week was my first real week of semi-retirement since I have been traveling the last few weeks. It was interesting to observe some inner struggles going on that I am guessing are typical of this kind of transition.
*I found myself falling into former patterns of behavior that were connected to my old job. I literally had to tell myself, "That is not your responsibility any more..."
*I spent a lot of time day-dreaming, unable to focus on my new responsibilities. I am now self-employed and responsible only to myself, a startling concept!
*I was lonely, not surrounded by the familiar faces of work. I am working alone, in between clients, so it is quiet and different than the setting I have worked for the last fifteen years.
None of these things were cause for panic or despair, but they presented some new challenges to me that will be important for this season of work.
1. I have new responsibilities and I need to embrace these.
2. I have new disciplines to establish to sharpen my focus.
3. I have a new environment in which to work and I exercising my creative juices will serve to enhance the setting in which I am working.
It is a new season of life and entering my second week I am reminded that we are always learners--if we choose to be--and that is the challenge to be faced and the opportunity to grow. I am sixty-five years old and the process continues. I welcome it.
Do you...?
