I recently returned from a close to two weeks vacation in London and returned home yesterday. I had a hard time adjusting to the time, but made it happen. I turned in early to be in my local time zone. It went pretty well, got up about 2 hours before my alarm went off.
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Big Ben and Houses of Parliament |
As "usual", I started putting the remaining things back like my toiletries, clothing, and sort for laundry. Done. I just started a load of laundry and hurried back upstairs to do some other things to tend to. But, the funny thing I noticed as that I was cramming everything in to get things done like I had somewhere else to go. But no, I have taken 8+ hours back to do whatever I wanted to do. I constantly paused catching myself realizing, "What's the rush?" I just realized I needed to pace myself now that I have more hours in the day to do things.
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Taking a break at the Tower Bridge, London |
This morning, I planned on going to the gym, having breakfast before 9am, checking my emails, etc. But it dawn on me that I don't need to rush. I do know I need to have structure as I take on this new phase of my life in retirement. Whether I will not work at all or work part time/ full time remains to be seen. I just need to settle in and take in this moment. It's a great feeling, Indeed it's surreal experience.
Let me see how this week goes and I'll fully realize I'm on retirement, which is a good thing!
