One Woman's Journey Into Retirement

Welcome to a new world of re-invention, re-discovery, re-growth, re-tirement! Are you as unsettled as I am with this new dimension? A fixed income? A new freedom? A new routine? A new world? Let's talk about it....let's share.

Monday, December 28, 2009

This is a better REMIX of the last video

I just pushed the REMIX button and it turned out even better. Take a look.

Just wanted to see if I could upload a photo to my post



Wow I did it!  Very Cool!  This is Splash, you met him in my profile page, but this one is up close and personal.  Isn't he cute?

Make sure you visit "My Video Player" at the bottom of this page.  I'm learning how to POST videos now.  Isn't this scarey?

Yeah, right!

Are you kidding me...how many of you had confidence that a routine that TIGHT would be doable?

The easiest part was getting up at 5 AM.  But the rest sucked (is it okay to use that word?)
The best part of 5 AM was the coffee and a lot of it.  Then my desk and my computer...sometimes I showed up sometimes I didn't.  I guess the trick is to find a "strategy" that works everytime (getting me to my desk). 
BUT FIRST I need to "flex" that routine of mine....it's not going to work; I need more FREE time:)

I have discovered, though, that I can get a lot of my business done between 9 PM and 11 PM.  That's when the house is quiet and the only noise is the snoring in the next room.  I don't want to write that into my routine, though, because that means I might have to stick to it!

Monday, December 21, 2009

Okay, I'm ready to begin with my new Routine...Let me share....

It's only taken me three months to actually put together a reasonable routine.  The literature on retirement recommends 6 months to "find yourself," "define a new purpose," and "acclimate to retirement."  It was exactly 6 months on December 12th!  And I do feel better and more together (although I haven't yet defined that PURPOSE).

I've done some research on developing a Blog as well.  Did you know a Blog is suppose to be; interesting, useful, creative, funny, different and people should want to "follow you?"  That causes me WAY TOO MUCH STRESS, so I will attempt to be useful, but the rest of it.....well, who knows.

Here's my routine that took 6 months to iron out (and has been in place precisely 4 1/2 days:
5:00 AM    Books say not to deviate from what you were doing BF (before retirement)
6:00 AM    Develop my BLOG....:)
7:00 AM    Check in with my TEAM/work on my business/stick to my VISION
9:00 AM    Make sure my honey feels "checked in on too."
10:00 AM  Walk/jog with Splash (if it's not snowing/raining)  or do my WII Fit Program (now that's a trip)

NOON      Read my Rockstar Books/Research my Internet Business

2:00 PM    Plan dinner/chores/shop/decorate/crafts/just plain fun stuff
4:00 PM    Random Shuffling
5:00 PM    Dinner
6:00 PM    Great time to do my training with my TEAM and mentors!! (This is the best!)

9:00 PM    Soak in the tub:) with my favorite product "Herbal Mineral Bath"  Problem was I didn't have a
                 tub I could fit in until this Oregon House!  I can't even touch the other end of the tub!  Thank
                 goodness we don't pay for water in Oregon!
10:00 PM Well, this is where I will have to deviate from the routine....just a little:)

Woo Hoo......wonder what's going to happen when the family gets here for the Holidays.