Take Back Your Time Day

 

Today is Take Back Your Time Day.  “To get up off your butt and take back or get a life.”  I have a best life!

Today Paul and I celebrate our one-year anniversary of being retired!  On October 24, 2023 we officially sold our home to Megan at 9am, Paul was laid off at 11am and I quit my job at 4pm.   Our plan to retire early and buy a sailboat began in January 2021 after taking a sailing vacation.  Our three-year plan included strenuous saving, serious purging and learning as much as possible about sailing and boat life.  Being able to begin in October instead of January was well spent.

 The year has been amazing in so many ways and the coming year promises to be just as fulfilling.  We have found a dock to leave our boat so we can return for the holidays!!!  We will be leaving her on a private dock in Stuart, Florida.  A little pricey but I am not ready to skip Christmas yet.  (Probably never).

This morning, I walked with Lisa, known for more than 30 years, she reaffirmed the best decision I made of quitting my job.  With a nursing strike on the horizon, the expectations and problems of the job will be exponentially greater.  Good riddance!



And I was able to squeeze in a dentist appointment.  I do not like the smells (nauseating), the sounds (worse than fingernails on a chalkboard) or the inability to talk (Why do they ask questions?).  But I managed.  It also helped knowing I will not be going back for almost a year.

And tonight, we are having dinner with all the kids.  Always fun. 

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