Never Retire: Living The Semi-Retired Life

Never Retire: Living The Semi-Retired Life

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One Big Key To Aging Is Simply Getting Old With New Plans
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One Big Key To Aging Is Simply Getting Old With New Plans

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Rocco Pendola
Oct 11, 2023
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Earlier this week, one of this newsletter’s subscribers wrote a very personal post in her newsletter.

PaanPrintables by Patti Petersen
Clinically Sedentary
We cancelled our 2023 vacation to the Hawaiian Islands this week. I should have been crushed with disappointment. Instead I was relieved. So relieved in fact, that I’m still sending thanks up to the Gratitude God that we were able to get out of going on the trip without causing anyone hard feelings, or forced by default to eat large deposits for cancell…
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2 years ago · 5 likes · 4 comments · Patti

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This part of her story particularly resonated with me—

About a year ago I stopped paying attention. It’s laborious to pay attention and stay disciplined all the time, At least this is what I’ve found in the aging process, and more importantly, what I’m experiencing living in a place that does not fuel desire or passion. Complacency or settling for is what happens when we lose sight of the end game.

Captured so well. Exactly what worries me most about getting older. And what drives me to continue to Live—and define—The Semi-Retired Life.

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