I recently had a discussion about retirement and I was shocked at how many people still held old attitudes about the nature of work and retirement. I’m sure you have heard it before or may be guilty of saying it yourself. “I can’t wait till I retire, so I can do what I really love.” But have you ever thought does an artist ever think of retiring? Does he ever say “I can’t wait till I don’t have to paint another canvas?” Does a singer wish for the day that she doesn’t have to sing another note? My point is, when you find something you love doing; there is no such thing as work or retiring. The key is to find what you love doing.
What a miserable life to spend it doing what you hate and hoping for the day to stop doing what you hate doing. It is more fulfilling to fill your time with finding and doing what you love. That type of life is not filled with the current concept of work, hoping for retirement but filled with productive activity in doing what you love.
How do you get there? Begin with the end in mind. First decide what truly makes you happy. More easily said then discovered. The true is, this simply self revelation may be buried under layers of others expectations including your own. It is blocked by false gratifying wants and desires. Finding what you love is a journey in itself but one well worth it.
The next question is usually “How will I live if I don’t work”. The answer lies in how you look at the question. The approach you take is that work is no longer work but enjoyable productive activity and productive activity inevitable leads to productive results. Do what you love doing and the money will follow. It has been show time and time again that when a person lets go of the need and the desire to only just make money and focuses more on fulfilling their passion, value is often found by others in what is a passion to that person. Sometimes this value is a lot sometime it’s a little but in almost every case it is more than enough to sustain that person’s daily needs.
Turning your work into an enjoyable productive activity eliminates the need for retirement. There then is no need to wait for retirement to do what you love and in turn there is no end to doing what you love doing. Work is no longer a means to an end but an extension of you and what you love doing that has no end.
Terrence Pharos
7 Steps to a New You and in the New Year
Nothing worthwhile is easy but following a plan of action can make any goal reachable. By taking one small step at a time, you can move from where you are to where you want to be. As with any journey it is best to prepare before proceeding.
First, don’t do all the steps at once. Once you have master one step move to the next. Only with a strong foundation can you build the next level. Second, do the steps in sequence, jumping ahead or skipping steps may cause you to miss something you need at the next step. Lastly don’t give up. The lesson is not in the destination but in the journey.
The first step is acceptance of where you are now. You can’t improve unless you know where you need to improve. By honestly admitting the need for improvement, you start to focus and improve on those areas.
The next step is getting help. In any building or reconstruction, scaffolding is used for support and to protect exposed vulnerable areas. Support groups and individuals are your personal scaffolding, offering the same type of support for you as you undergo change into a new you.
The third step is releasing. We collect so much garbage throughout the course of our lives and relationships that it literally blocks the flow of our life. Just as a river polluted with garbage stops the flow and creates a stagnate pool of water that poisons anything that it comes in contact with it, the same thing happens in life. By releasing, we are restoring the flow back to our lives.
The fourth step is renewal. This is the time to take the opportunity to put back into ourselves what has been given or taken away. Renewal, replenish and replaces essential elements that are needed to complete our personal journeys.
The fifth step is forgiveness. Anger, regret, vendettas, etc…are baggage that slows our journey. By forgiving we free ourselves of this dead weight and move more easily on our journeys.
The six step is to stop. Yes “stop” and enjoy life. Do something that makes you happy. Reflect on your journey, enjoy who and where you are. Envision your happy future. Simply live in the moment.
The last and seven step is to restoration. Time and erosion is inevitable in everything. It is important from time to time to do maintenance to rebuild and repair anything that may require it.
These seven steps are a small part of a larger picture, seven small steps in the right direction. Life is complicated and so is creating a new you. There will be success and there will be failures in your journey, in both, your success and failures you will learn something about yourself and this is after all the point of the journey, to move yourself from one place to the next.
Happy travels.
Terrence Pharos
First, don’t do all the steps at once. Once you have master one step move to the next. Only with a strong foundation can you build the next level. Second, do the steps in sequence, jumping ahead or skipping steps may cause you to miss something you need at the next step. Lastly don’t give up. The lesson is not in the destination but in the journey.
The first step is acceptance of where you are now. You can’t improve unless you know where you need to improve. By honestly admitting the need for improvement, you start to focus and improve on those areas.
The next step is getting help. In any building or reconstruction, scaffolding is used for support and to protect exposed vulnerable areas. Support groups and individuals are your personal scaffolding, offering the same type of support for you as you undergo change into a new you.
The third step is releasing. We collect so much garbage throughout the course of our lives and relationships that it literally blocks the flow of our life. Just as a river polluted with garbage stops the flow and creates a stagnate pool of water that poisons anything that it comes in contact with it, the same thing happens in life. By releasing, we are restoring the flow back to our lives.
The fourth step is renewal. This is the time to take the opportunity to put back into ourselves what has been given or taken away. Renewal, replenish and replaces essential elements that are needed to complete our personal journeys.
The fifth step is forgiveness. Anger, regret, vendettas, etc…are baggage that slows our journey. By forgiving we free ourselves of this dead weight and move more easily on our journeys.
The six step is to stop. Yes “stop” and enjoy life. Do something that makes you happy. Reflect on your journey, enjoy who and where you are. Envision your happy future. Simply live in the moment.
The last and seven step is to restoration. Time and erosion is inevitable in everything. It is important from time to time to do maintenance to rebuild and repair anything that may require it.
These seven steps are a small part of a larger picture, seven small steps in the right direction. Life is complicated and so is creating a new you. There will be success and there will be failures in your journey, in both, your success and failures you will learn something about yourself and this is after all the point of the journey, to move yourself from one place to the next.
Happy travels.
Terrence Pharos
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