I am feeling that I should start achieving things.
As my aunt had her 100th birthday recently and is off on her birthday cruise soon she is an inspiration.
At work this afternoon we were visited by a local author, a lady called Eileen Younghusband, who took her Open University degree at the age of 87, and at the age of 89 launched into a writing career. Her first books was self published, but her second book was taken up by a publisher and the link is here.
She is great fun, and fascinating to talk to. She dropped an extra copy of her book round for us and stayed for a cup of tea - we had an hour long tea break this afternoon.
They are both examples of what can be done with some determination and effort. I am looking to retirement now, in about 5 or 6 years, and am wondering what I should do as my next career. B is very happy writing music (though his computer is sick and being fixed so he is a bit bereft at the moment) so I need something to do too. I think it needs to be more than just filling in time - I need to think of something I really want to do that will give me a sense of fulfillment. I have a few years to think about it, but with women like that around it does give one a sense of inspiration.
2 comments:
Nice to have a sense of time to accomplish these things too. There is time.
Thanks for visiting my blog. To me, it is essential to keep learning throughout life - I hope never to stop, though I can't wait to give up work! So often people conflate work with 'purpose' or 'importance' - of course, that may be the case, but there is much more beside.
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