Sep. 30, 2008 - What I did on my Summer vacation

My Summer Sabbatical Has Come To An End!

Since June 21st, I have been experimenting and taking a lot of time to play. The purpose of the sabbatical was to step back and take a good look at what I really want in my life and what I am ready to let go of. So, I stopped doing almost everything that I didn’t already had a commitment for and decided to live each day like I was on vacation…or at least filled with the most amount of bliss.

I said I would be back this week and here I am! What a wonderful 3 months it has been. Now, I have to confess that much really wasn’t “different” because over the past 10 years, I have done a good job at living my “dream” life. However, my husband, Bub, retired 2 years ago and I am wanting to create a way for myself to transition to something like retirement. Defining what that looks like is what this summer’s work laid a foundation for.

Perhaps you also are Baby Boomers thinking about designing “what’s next”? At an ePRO presentation last week, I ran into Grace Hale a Realtor® I had met in southern California. She retired and moved to Phoenix to be near her grandchildren and is now back in the business…she says she was driving her husband nuts! For each of us, how we want our working life to look it is unique and different, but I seem to encounter many people feeling ready to reassess. Perhaps, that’s because I am a coach and people talk to me about their challenges, goals and dreams. But, I believe, making sure our life is our own choice (and we aren’t living a life that other people are designing for us) and truly having passion and fun spill out of those choices is our most important job.

In the week’s to come, I’ll be sharing some of my insights and my journey. And, the Tuesday Tips will continue to deliver a dialogue about living a life you love, no matter what that might look like. And, I hope, offering some alternatives, perhaps, you haven’t thought of.