freebird5825
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
I read this post very early this morning, and was going to answer but my web service was running like molasses in January. So I had all day to think about it.So, how are you keeping "interested" and finding purpose?
I find that "the fire" isn't there, as much as when I was younger.
I'm glad, oh so very glad, that I don't have to be doing unpleasant things, like work at a non-interesting job, but, my personality is one that needs, or at least, finds comfort, in "a purpose".
So, how do you do it?
Since the age of 15, I had all sorts of "purposes", i.e. consecutive milestones that I w*rked my tail off to achieve. High school marks, Honor Society, competitive scholarship tests and awards, college degree, professional empl*yment, publishing, designing a technology invention, 2 patents, yadda yadda.
All those lofty things which I aspired to, and achieved, are a collection of things of which I am very proud. Feisty little Freebird actually pulled it off.
At age 48, when I FIREd, I had a heck of a time [-]driving the forum members crazy[/-] adjusting to it. In many ways, at almost 3 years into FIRE, I still am.
I've also had a lot of drastic negative changes in my personal life. But I have emerged as a strong survivor.
The good news is I have discovered that I can be comfy with having shorter term and less elite "purposes". These days, my personal goals are much kinder and gentler on my psyche.
Having [-]blithered on about[/-] said all that, I believe that my main purpose in life now is to go forward positively in a brand new life.
My new favorite flavor is Lemonade.