At the beginning there was light!

I don't know why I did not want to write anything in my blog for two years after I retired. I guess I was so busy accumulating my experiences and figuring out what made me feel happy and what didn't, I did not feel ready to write.

So looking backwards........to the beginning of play world (PW). I had some strong convictions of what I would NEVER give up after I left the work world.  One was my smart phone.  Number two was my car, Molly Matrix.  I associated these two possessions with independence.

After a couple of months into PW....I found out that I love being a passenger, love, love, love it! Hubby and I found out we really love road trips.  Climbing into his truck and heading on an adventure rocks our boat. We have grown our friendship immensely in these past two years.  We really enjoy each other's company.

And.....I never got any phone calls on my cell phone after leaving WW(work world).   So we are down to one cell phone and have not had an inkling that we might be missing out on something.  Of course, I am still attached at the hip to technology with my beloved iPad following everywhere I go so I have not completely "gone off the grid"!

Stress.....it is a foreign word to me now.  Imagine your day starting out by rising when it is your 'natural wake up time', grabbing a cup of coffee and snuggling down on your favourite couch to read the newspaper front to back.  (I am very mindful of what catches my attention...what I like to read about.  I expand that information into further interests I could explore.)  Then I hit 'play' on the iPod to be lifted away on powerful alternative music while performing my hour of exercise.  I am mindful of every movement my body makes and how it feels while stretching and crunching and pushing.  My breathing is deep and cleansing.

Welcome to PW.  It is a gift that only years of hard work raising a family and developing a career can be fully appreciated when it arrives.