As for me I keep waffling between apprehension and excitement. The excitement you get when entering a new chapter in your life. On second thought maybe excitement is not exactly the right word? A better way to describe it is the experience of feeling free. Free to pursue those things I have been interested in but for reasons I thought were outside of my control left untouched. Yeah maybe that’s it a feeling of being free to pursue new adventures and start a new chapter without the worry of having as much responsibility.
However, there is always that feeling of apprehension rolling around in my head. You know an uneasy feeling that I will be leaving my comfort zone, the zone of complacency. Whatever the case I am looking forward to retirement and a sense that I can do, within reason, whatever I want. I am hoping that I will be, paraphrasing Henley in his poem “Invictus”, … the master of my fate , and the captain of my soul.
What about you? Do you feel that you are the master of your retirement? Is the thought of it giving you a sense of a new beginning or is it a bit scary?
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Until next time.
Dan
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