Anyone at the time of retirement are filled with plans for the future, excited and expectant with what is to come. There will be plenty of time to do what we want when we want for as long as we want..... so we think.
But as it so often happens with any life event whether it is a holiday, finding a new home or work promotion, what is planned and how it actually works out can be very different. How we all go about living our lives vary from individual to individual. Some of us enjoy planning for the future happy waiting to travel and other fun adventures until children grow up and the working years are done.
But, what if the future plan does not work out the way we planned, there is not really plenty of time after all? Getting sick with a debilitating disease. losing a partner, the world is closed by a pandemic to name a few. Making the best of such a situation is really the only sensible option, that is if we can. How we personally deal with let downs and disappointments is very individual.
This was so clearly pointed out by a few retirees I happened to meet along my road. "Don't wait too long as there may not be plenty of time," they said. One lady talked about the unexpected illness of her husband who unfortunately passed away before they could much of what they had planned. Although sad, it has not stopped her from living a full life, she just does it on her own.
The moral of the story is not to put off today for tomorrow.
We just do not know what is around the corner, so when the opportunity knocks go for that long distance walk, go live in your dream place, run the little hobby business, or buy that little pet you have always wanted.
Just walk your path.
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How true is that!? So many people, including very young people, put off doing things or saying something to a loved one or visiting, calling, putting off... because tomorrow is another day. It is, but, not always.
I am guilty of this Denise, and there has been a time or two where it has come back to bite me.
I try not to because I watched it happen to my grandmother and mother and they both lost the opportunity. It was a sobering lesson. I have though because I am human and I think it cannot happen to me.
It can happen to anybody.
Yes and I have seen it happen too and work on never having big regrets. A couple of sisters and myself vow that nothing is so difficult with our extended families that we cannot keep loving them and connecting with them.
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Life's surprises never cease, one does tend to procrastinate then realize it was left too late in many ways.
Best to do what you enjoy most, tomorrow is not promised, too often we wait for someone else or something else before we do it when the time is right now.
Thought provoking for young and old @angiemitchell
Hello @joanstewart, I love your very down to earth perspective on life and so agree with you on the point of waiting for another to do whatever. I find that at times this has frustrated me when I have to walk to the beat of someone else's drum. I am very much a hands on let's do it now kind of lady, even when in the 20's I travelled alone to England. Now I think of how my poor mother must have worried.
My Mom taught me that travel is something to enjoy, when Dad who suffered with back problems stopped, she carried on doing a few overseas trips on her own.
Frustration currently is from what is happening around me, something I have to forcibly push to the background, wait and see!
What an independent adventurous mother you had @joanstewart, good on her. I so wish the pandemic would just go so choice to travel, holiday wherever is on the menu again. I agree wait and see is the only option while I stay positive and involved in lots of other fun activities.
Local travel is good, keep active daily, however to plan a little further would be great!