Taking Flight

"I need to retire from retirement." —Sandra Day O'Connor 

A bright new chapter has arrived.

Way back last November, I rather cryptically mentioned a life changing experience. Now it can be told: that week, I had been called in to Boston to oversee a Satellite Media Tour somewhat last minute. At the end of the Tour, as I was enjoying lunch with the talent, a very nice Midwestern financial advisor, out of the blue she looked at me and asked, "Why aren't you retired yet?"

Hmm. Why aren't I?

Then she added, "The money you've saved up for retirement grows for 30 more years, you know."

Hmmm.

Now, you have to know, I am a firstborn. Meaning, I am resistant to change. Even though, my entire life, I have discovered that every major change in my life has inevitably resulted in something better. Doesn't matter. It's how I am hard wired.

But the idea was there. And as I thought about it more and more, and checked everything out, I realized...hmm, maybe I could do this. But still, I set this thought aside until after the holidays. Then in January, since the thought was still walking around in my head on little cat feet, I moved into action.

I'll never forget the night I made the decision to move forward. It was a Sunday night after a day of visiting Putnam, a great day of comics and antiques, and then, the thought of another Monday. And I opened up my laptop and started the process.

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