Labor Day 2012

I wasn't planning to write again so soon.  Like I said in my first post, I don't really know how this things works.  But, today is labor day...  one of those rare days in the work year when you don't have to get up early, don't have to be anywhere at a certain time, and don't really HAVE to do anything.   We cooked out today, with the progeny, but all in all it was a laid back day.

This morning, I sat in my swing chair and read a book.  I looked at a Facebook post a friend made about how she was spending her Labor Day watching a movie, and I shared what I was doing.   After that post it made me think.  I could spend every nice day of the year doing just this!  No alarm clock, no getting up by 7 unless I wanted to, no doing anything I didn't feel like doing.  That's retirement.

Like I said in my first post, 120 days was my soft goal...but getting firmer every day.

The downside to all this, of course, is boredom.  While it's really appealing to do this once or twice a year, or take a week's vacation and do nothing, but could I do it day after day, year after year from now on?  On the upside, I wouldn't have to drive in the winter.  I could get a part-time job; I could get a seasonal job... there are options. 

So who am I trying to convince here?  Do I really need convincing or is my mind made up?  Maybe my mind is made up, but I'm trying to convince myself it's the right decision because I have never really thought of myself as not working.

I can remember going on vacation, or being off during the winter holidays and thinking, "I can't wait to get back to work."  That doesn't happen anymore.  Is that the indication that I am done?  That I have overstayed my welcome?   I don't know.  That's what this blog is for.... to help me get to that point where there are no second thoughts.

Until next time...