Ed B
Recycles dryer sheets
I am now inside 90 days of my target of June 1. That is the threshold for starting the process at megacorp. The only thing delaying me is a project that I have shepherded for the past year that is just about about to take off. I won't stay on to manage it but I would like to see it through acquisition and initial operating capability. But i will only hang around, at most, until about the first of August.
This weekend I was doing the one last review of things and realized this is it. The reasons to retire far outweigh the reasons to stay, and that with almost no real risk to my plan. Some time afterward I took my 5 y/o grandson for an outing in the woods and we have a good time for several hours. On the way home as I pondered finally pulling the plug and finally exiting Megacorp I started feeling very anxious - very stressed. I had to really work to restrain myself from being impatient with the boy (successfully) because of this rush of anxiety. It wasn't him, it was me and I couldn't tamp down the emotion.
In the end the only thing I was anxious about was making such a big life change after being a part of something at one general location for 33 years. I am still going through with it and know it is time for so many reasons, but I was a bit surprised by the suddenness and intensity of the anxiety.
This weekend I was doing the one last review of things and realized this is it. The reasons to retire far outweigh the reasons to stay, and that with almost no real risk to my plan. Some time afterward I took my 5 y/o grandson for an outing in the woods and we have a good time for several hours. On the way home as I pondered finally pulling the plug and finally exiting Megacorp I started feeling very anxious - very stressed. I had to really work to restrain myself from being impatient with the boy (successfully) because of this rush of anxiety. It wasn't him, it was me and I couldn't tamp down the emotion.
In the end the only thing I was anxious about was making such a big life change after being a part of something at one general location for 33 years. I am still going through with it and know it is time for so many reasons, but I was a bit surprised by the suddenness and intensity of the anxiety.