Category: Living life

Thoughts on things mostly unrelated to work or money

Future Me, August 2025

I started this series early in my blog, when I cut my hours and wanted to make sure I used my time wisely.

I’m now looking down the slope to retirement. I might ski this hill for a bit (a bad metaphor, as I hate skiing), but I’ve cut my hours more, and finding purpose when I stop working seems more pressing.

I started this series of posts at the end of October 2018 with lots of big goals, but even at the beginning, knew that I couldn’t follow all those dreams all at once.

Every few months, I try to look at what I have accomplished, and see if I can adjust course to focus my free time in the directions I wish I would go: increasing fitness, building (or maintaining) connections with friends, family and community, engaging with the arts, and, lately, keeping up with financial tasks.

My last update was in May 2025. This is a good time to review how well I have been pursuing those goals, especially given my additional time out of the office.

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Fitness Log #356, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness

I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 6 years, and plan to continue doing so.

Since the pandemic started, I have been keeping track of “firsts,” and more lately, I have been trying to note good things (“fabulousness”). It’s a good way to pay attention and not let life slide by.

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Fitness Log #355 Friday Firsts, Fabulousness, And Monthly Goals

I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for nearly 7 years, and plan to continue doing so.

Since the pandemic started, I have been keeping track of “firsts,” and more lately, I have been trying to note good things (“fabulousness”). It’s a good way to pay attention and not let life slide by.

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Fitness Log #354, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness

I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 6 years, and plan to continue doing so.

Since the pandemic started, I have been keeping track of “firsts,” and more lately, I have been trying to note good things (“fabulousness”). It’s a good way to pay attention and not let life slide by.

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Fitness Log #353, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness

I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 6 years, and plan to continue doing so.

Since the pandemic started, I have been keeping track of “firsts,” and more lately, I have been trying to note good things (“fabulousness”). It’s a good way to pay attention and not let life slide by.

Continue reading “Fitness Log #353, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness”

Wednesday W #4

I’ve started Wednesday W’s as a way to give short updates of how I use my (new) extra day off per week. I am curious about what I will do with that extra day, and think blogging about it might prompt me to make sure I take advantage of it.

This week doesn’t really reflect my new 3-day weekend, as I was on vacation last week, and officially took Monday off as well. Which works out for me, as my original flight home was canceled and I had to take an overnight flight, landing at my home airport smack in the middle of what used to be my morning clinic.

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Fitness Log #352, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness

I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 6 years, and plan to continue doing so.

Since the pandemic started, I have been keeping track of “firsts,” and more lately, I have been trying to note good things (“fabulousness”). It’s a good way to pay attention and not let life slide by.

Continue reading “Fitness Log #352, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness”