Do it scared! When I retired early from my job in November of 2019, I knew that I would have to have some goal to work toward or I would drive myself (and my family) nuts. While hiking the Pacific Crest Trail definitely fits the bill of a goal and something I want to work toward, I knew that I’d…
See ya, no longer gonna be ya On November 26th, 2019 I said goodbye to traditional work. I’m no longer trading my time for money or earning a W2 paycheck. It’s been a bumpy road. I thought I’d take a moment to share with you how I said “Thanks” and embraced this new life of abundance, adventure, and one where…
The countdown is on. I have twenty-five more working days before I leave my job of fourteen years. I will be leaping into a new life of adventure, creativity, family, and purpose. While I’m more than excited to set out on this new journey, my recent days have occasioned a serving or two of indecision, anxiety, and fear. Fear that…
Big change happens within a typical story-arc type pattern. You have a beginning, a middle, and—wait for it—an end. Often, as we examine an arc we can see that it’s actually an arc within a much larger arc. As I write today, I find myself in one of these arcs of great change. To clearly pinpoint it, I’d say that…