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54 and inspiration

April 8th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Musings, Quote of the Week, retirement, Work

“I always say, ‘Don’t retire — inspire,’” Rooney said in an interview with The Associated Press in March 2008. “There’s a lot to be done.”. Great inspiration this morning!

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64, 63 and the ballet

March 30th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Art, Children, Dance, Learning Spanish, Musings, My Goals, Teaching & Learning, time, Work

There are so many thoughts so often during the day now as I look ahead to retirement.   I really should begin to say retirement from this work/job.  I’ve a million ideas of things to do, and no clear vision as to which one or more I might or should focus on.  Some of the thoughts […]

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68 and play

March 25th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, family, Musings, My Goals, Play, retirement, Work

I’ve always supported – and acted on – play; certainly for children because of my professional, but also for adults.  We need play to balance our lives in so many ways.  Retirement is about to bring me a lot of time to play in those many ways. Thanks for this great article: Don’t fear adding […]

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69 and leaving…

March 25th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Musings, My Goals, Quote of the Week, retirement, time, Work

From 10 reasons why some people love what they do… “6. They will stay…but just know, they’ll also leave. Why will they leave? Because for people who love what they do, organizations are important–since they provide the infrastructure to do that which fuels their fire–but no single organization has a monopoly on providing that fuel, […]

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70 and memories of old..

March 23rd, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Children, family, Grandparents, Musings, retirement, time

I really had to reflect upon the passage of time today.  Retirement is not only about moving on from this phase of my career and professional life, but I came to realize this morning that it has to be as well a reflection on the passage of time. Early this morning, I got up to […]

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