Ready for Retirement

You may have noticed that I went a few days without posting.  )But then again, maybe not, considering that long hiatus I previously took.)  Either way, I'm returning to work after a few days off for Christmas.  That time off included time away from the computer.  I'm working today and tomorrow, then I'm off for the rest of the week.  Either way, I learned (or reinforced) a few things...

1) I'm ready for retirement.  I understand that some people need to always have a schedule, or must be doing something.  I am not one of those individuals.  I'm totally fine with the idea of sleeping in one morning, and then being up before dawn the next day.  I did not experience boredom; I was relaxed.

2) Detoxing from the news and social media are real things.  Yes, I did read the news, and I did a quick daily check with social media, but it was a quick cruise of the headlines for news, and I only read posts directly sent to me.  I managed to avoid the rabbit hole of the news and the cesspool of social media.

1) I'm ready for retirement.

3) I had forgotten how much I enjoy curling up with a good book.  I'm currently on book six of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series.  It's fantastic!  It's become my new favorite, dethroning my previous fave Incarnations of Immortality.

1) I'm ready for retirement.

4) While this winter isn't hitting me as hard as previous years, I'm ready for warm weather.  We've hit the time of year when I'm questioning my life choices.

1)  I'm ready for retirement.

5)  I'm looking forward to shooting league.  I'm in a local competitive shooting league, which runs during the colder months.  It gets me out of the house, gives me something to do, and hones my hand-eye coordination.  Plus I love the smell of gunpowder.  I had a rough season last year, because my astigmatism changed a bit and the optometrist can't fully compensate for it.  It took several months, but I am using a different style of optic, and I believe I'm dialed in and ready to go again.

1) I'm ready for retirement.