My first Thanksgiving as a retired person! This year I can really focus on preparing our home and garden for Thanksgiving guests and for the holidays to come (with time left over). In fact, the gift of time is the thing for which I am most grateful in retirement. After decades of squeezing projects, deadlines, and a full life into a constrained time box, it is a pleasure to have time to squander.
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| Wild turkey in the neighborhood (photo by Rick Quisenberry) |
Some of my favorite gifts of time in this season of life:
- Time to focus on the current project on which I'm working. I can go deep experimenting, learning, and researching (and even go down a rabbit hole or two in the process)!
- Time to pitch in when needed, such as being able to spend extra time in Alaska with family to face the challenges of life together.
- Time and mental bandwidth to assess priorities, projects, and possessions, and to identify what no longer serves me in this new season of life (and what I want instead).
- Time to squander. Yes, there are always activities and chores that have priority and must be done. But there is now more flexible time for life's small pleasures, like reading in the afternoon, trying a new recipe, working in the garden, writing an article, and learning a new skill.
Hope you enjoy your Thanksgiving celebration, with whatever time is available in this season of your life.
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