1st month of retirement – Page 4 – Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker

Midlife Renaissance is a moment of truth inflicted with discrimination

(photo: Middle school classroom cat, Posha, napping in class yesterday.)

Nearly all Baby Boomers want to change but don’t want it badly enough. They are way too comfortable.

Midlife renaissance is a moment of truth. A literal once in a lifetime opportunity to climb out of our deeply ingrained, unintentional midlife rut.

Humanity is oblivious.

And we discriminate against this once-in-a-lifetime invitation to change our attitude.

Why?

Excuses. Comfort. Fear. Doubt.

Seriously?

Everyday people openly share their reality as they go about their day to day. They talk about feeling this, struggling with this, and wanting to overcome it.

But only one in 100 buys this book.

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The best keynote speakers are full of drive and determination

(photo: Overachievers are everywhere. Drive and determination are key weapons in the fight against mediocrity. Photo from yesterday in the gym parking lot.)

The herd is massive and includes almost all of us.

The movement is small, scattered, and often confused.

The herd is mediocrity.

The movement is drive and determination.

To live like you mean it.

To slay excuses and regrets. For good.

We are in charge of this. Period.

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Disney retirement is officially official

(photo: Mid Life Celebration released on Amazon nearly a year to the day – everything is going according to plan…)

What happens when you pair one of your bold, audacious goals with living like you mean it?

Received the call from the Fidelity Benefits Coordinator that retirement is officially official. While Disney had processed the separation two weeks ago, it also had to upload into Fidelity’s system. That happened today.

A surreal feeling that helps make this life event feel more real. Really real you might say. Burn the ships real.

When a spouse retires this creates what’s called a life event. A life event qualifies as significant enough to allow for modifying health care coverage to include a retired spouse.

Dear Son, what looks like luck, privilege, or ease is massively anything but. So glad you know this without a shadow of a doubt.

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What should we do if this sounds familiar?

(photo: Never get bored with the basics. They are the first thing we learn for a reason.)

The constant ticking of the clock. Metaphorically and in reality.

People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it. – Edith Schaeffer

What should we do if this sounds familiar?

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Do our Veterans deserve more than one day of acknowledgment?

(photo: Richard, right, is 89 and a proud WWII Veteran. Stopped by to see him yesterday. Humbled in his presence.)

Do our Veterans deserve more than one day of acknowledgment? Yesterday was Veteran’s Day, as well as day two of retirement week two. Facebook gets flooded with gratitude and heart-felt sentiments for those who protected and are protecting our (the World’s) Freedom.

Most people are consciously thinking about our Veterans all day everyday. Right?

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