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- Joined
- Jul 14, 2013
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Ten weeks in and here are the changes/observations so far:
1) The date and day of the week are less readily available. If you ask me what day of the week it is it takes me moment to recall, because its not as important. Today is Saturday, bike ride east and up day. But I have to remind myself of it, it is not automatic.
2) I thought that I would live without a calendar/schedule of events. I now need this even more because I have a bigger chance of event conflicts. I also need to to insure I schedule some 'me' time.
3) Money worries are gone. The OMY lifestyle that put my brain in a constant 'planning' loops is gone. The plan is set, either we got it right or got it wrong. Time to execute it is here, so thoughts of money are just diminished.
4) New identity. The new people that I meet have absolutely no interest in what I did (who I was). I am needing to forge me new identity. I have made a few stumbles trying to rely on the old me, but quickly found out that no one cares.
5) Domestic bliss. This is one area where we are still working on. Finding the right mix of shared and individual activities has not reached an optimal level yet...it either direction it seems. This is one area where week 1 and week 10 seem fairly equal so far. Still working on this.
6) A working job. One of the first things that I did was to send out some feelers for some interesting summer activity employment next year. Now I see that was way premature. The other day I met with a retired person who wants to return to the workforce in 5 years. That just sounded crazy.
What are the next steps? I feel like the new normal is just around the corner.
thanks
1) The date and day of the week are less readily available. If you ask me what day of the week it is it takes me moment to recall, because its not as important. Today is Saturday, bike ride east and up day. But I have to remind myself of it, it is not automatic.
2) I thought that I would live without a calendar/schedule of events. I now need this even more because I have a bigger chance of event conflicts. I also need to to insure I schedule some 'me' time.
3) Money worries are gone. The OMY lifestyle that put my brain in a constant 'planning' loops is gone. The plan is set, either we got it right or got it wrong. Time to execute it is here, so thoughts of money are just diminished.
4) New identity. The new people that I meet have absolutely no interest in what I did (who I was). I am needing to forge me new identity. I have made a few stumbles trying to rely on the old me, but quickly found out that no one cares.
5) Domestic bliss. This is one area where we are still working on. Finding the right mix of shared and individual activities has not reached an optimal level yet...it either direction it seems. This is one area where week 1 and week 10 seem fairly equal so far. Still working on this.
6) A working job. One of the first things that I did was to send out some feelers for some interesting summer activity employment next year. Now I see that was way premature. The other day I met with a retired person who wants to return to the workforce in 5 years. That just sounded crazy.
What are the next steps? I feel like the new normal is just around the corner.
thanks