I may be 65, but sometimes I think my mind is stuck in my teens. Or maybe it’s because I’m a Taurus?
Anyway, I’m like a dog with a bone. If I get a thought, especially a negative one, I can’t let it go. Money, bills, employees – it’s what swirls around my head all day. And if there’s a comment from someone rebutting me on a Facebook post about creating affordable housing in my town (I’m for it by the way) – yikes!
But then, I watched the New Heights podcast with Taylor Swift as their guest. It was one of the most entertaining and enlightening two hours I’ve had staring at my screen in a long time.
What snapped me to attention was when she said, “What you spend the energy on, That’s the Day!”. THAT’S THE DAY.
I have to say in my defense, I am only a week and a half back from a 10 day vacation cruising along the coast and inside passage of Alaska but even I’m saying to myself, Enough’s Enough!
I currently say a morning prayer to get myself right with the day and try to get a 5 to 10 minute meditation in, but, it looks like I need to add an additional mantra to the day.

What do you want to spend your energy on?
I have just retired, I believe. Unless a spectacular teaching position, online or nearby or something falls in my lap. I have been off for 1 month and found myself focusing on something unfair that happened to me as a teacher awhile ago. A post on social media about aa similar experience and I reached out. I have to wean myself off this and teach myself new tricks. I feel like I am 38 but I am well into my 60’s.
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It’s funny how something can put us right back there again!
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Yes, I believe I have retired at the right time.
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