Almost A Year Now

glenmckenzie(justabitfurther)

Jun 20

It has been almost 365 days; a whole year give or take.

Hard to believe........a whole year since I walked out the front door of where I worked; unlocked my car and simply drove off into what has become more or less - retirement.

And while we're at it, and on the same side of the coin, it's been almost a year since we relocated to our new "old homestead" on the shores of the Bay of Fundy.

Yes indeed - a lot has happened over the past 365 days(give or take). Last year around this time I wrote "An Era Finishes" - which in reality suggests that as "one era finishes" - another one "is about to start."

And I think overall that is a fair analogy or way to look at it.

However, the first thing I might mention about this "current era" is - it doesn't genuinely feel like "retirement."

Why?

Because I'm not quite sure, what retirement is supposed to "look like" let alone "feel like."

The dilemma I'm experiencing, which when thinking about it is more than likely "a typical response" when trying to figure out the answers to both what this new era(retirement) "looks like" and should "feel like."

I got no answers to that question.

And maybe that is the answer - that there is no answer to those questions of how it should "look and feel." I do sort of sense or feel that there should be an answer, but in the vast scheme of things does it really matter?

I do have this sense or feeling that it does matter on some level.

And not having some sense or feeling of the "look and feel" that we're talking about, might ultimately lead us down a path or laneway of a "look and feel" of "being lost in retirement".