I am a man in need of a plan. I do not thrive on freedom of choice and unlimited time without a plan already in place. I can bumble through the day without ever heading toward any one goal. I need to discover my planning time. The few weeks where I actually printed out a […]
September Time Well Spent
September has been wonderful. I’ve worked 3 shifts so far and it is now September 20th. I have 3 more to go this month. It cannot be understated how much I enjoy not having to go to work. One day a week is fine. One day every other week, even better. Megan and I have […]
What do you do for work?
We are another week into my shift from full time pharmacist to very part time pharmacist and it is wonderful. We have gone on two nice hikes at two different state parks: Stone Mountain and Hanging Rock. The Mountain Loop Trail at Stone Mountain is the current leader for a more interesting hike, but Hanging […]
First Free Week at Home – Midweek Check-in
On Monday, I accomplished the cleaning out of clothes. I don’t know that I utilized many of those seemingly helpful tips I found, although I know I kept a few 7’s that I wasn’t supposed to. Overall, I removed 3 trash bags of clothes. Not too shabby. Tuesday, we worked out super early, like we […]
Free Week At Home Finally
This is the first week I will actually be spending entirely in Charlotte without having to work. We had an awesome week traveling to Indiana two weeks ago then I worked three days last week. We went to visit family in Indy and got to partake in the 2025 back to school cycle, but now […]
Full-time Employment and Having Children Provide Purpose
SJ#072225Having a full-time job is similar to having children. Aside from a child being an actual full-time job, they both provide an immediate sense of purpose or sense of accomplishing something without having to think about it. It gives a baseline value to your existence. Now that I have neither, it is something I will […]
Vacation Level Excitement – retirement thoughts
*the photo with this blog post is from my new shirt design featuring my favorite question on the annual employee survey we would take at work…It always annoyed the piss out of me. What jackass in corporate had the audacity to think people are going to be excited to come to work?* I will finally […]
UMAAD
It’s pretty clear I have a case of Undiagnosed Moderate Adult Attention Disorder (UMAAD). UMAAD is characterized by the constant shifting of focus, making little to very tiny incremental progress on any given task. If you find yourself with multiple browsers open each consisting of 7-10 tabs consisting of things you might want to go […]
Did I Retire Last Night?
Depending on your definition and how much work you allow in your definition of retired, I think I may have retired. One downside when going from full time employment to an as needed basis at the same company is it loses some of the spectacle of retiring. The best way to put it is by […]
Birthday Again
Another year down. Having a half birthday on January 1st breaks up the year into two perfect halves. The New Year and a birthday provide similar potential for reflection and false hope for improvement. Most people don’t make birthday resolutions, but I do entertain the notion of “maybe I should do this or that now […]