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Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
(photo: October 30, 2014… neighbor is a retired High School Art teacher.)
Today her neighbor retires from teaching at Disney Institute.
Running five miles yesterday was huge. Why? Because working hard and preparing for the final week, while savoring it and enjoying it at the same time have, well, has been exceptionally time consuming.
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(photo: Destroy the bridges to life-long excuses and regrets.)
Does “burn the ships” mean anything?
Got to spend a few minutes talking with a fellow (neighbor a mile away) middle-aged runner yesterday.
Years ago in our first encounter we realized we had met before and after a few minutes we came to the same conclusion. We met at a Chrysler Conference at Disney’s Contemporary Resort were he was an attendee and guess who was the keynote speaker?
Shared the retirement news and told him if he ever wanted a great speaker…
He said yes.
It’s gettin’ real.
Burn the ships.
Make it impossible to stop exercising. Burn your excuses. No turning back.
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(photo: On yesterday morning’s run this message was on a door – a gentle reminder – we will not get more time when we retire. The same number of hours will still prevail.)
Will there be more time to exercise after we retire?
What have you seen other retirees do?
What do you plan to do?
Why wait?
And what will be different then? Seriously. What will be different?
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(photo: A wonderful Christmas present will be freedom to promote this with zero restrictions)
It’s challenging enough when conditions, schedules, and routines are fairly predictable on our home turf…
It is so challenging to find time to run or go to a gym while traveling.
This is what makes each of us a champion.
Our ability to pick ourselves up after every fall.
Every single one.
Wondering how the life transition of retiring will affect this.
And enjoying a new low weight (in the past 10 years) at 153.5… this morning’s run, on home turf, will be slow and savory.
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Lane 8 at 2009 World Championships in Lahti, Finland.
That’s “Jack”, my son’s Teddy Bear. He has three exactly alike. He got them as gifts years ago. The collar is actually inscribed “Jack”.
Our son was born in August 2000. My Dad, Jack Noel, passed on, April 2001.
My Father, and our son, never met. We were two months away from our trip to Pennsylvania when the phone call came, “They’re giving your dad three days”.
So, “Jack” the bear, has traveled extensively. He’s the one with two torn ears. The other “Jacks” are in near perfect condition. Our son was gracious enough to let the “tug-o-war with our yellow Lab” Jack travel.
Find a million ways, gimmicks, tricks – whatever it takes – to stay motivated. Jack is simply one of them.