Tag: Retirement

Endless Junior year

i think i wanna be a college junior for the rest of my life. A Junior is confident in a way freshmen and sophomores can’t be. Juniors are thinking about the future more seriously than ever, but they always have another year to sort it out.

A Senior is too much pressure for me. The future is here. Gotta get a job and do real life stuff.

As a sophomore you’re still learning. Still a relative newbie.

Freshmen, well, they’re too uncertain, unconfident, inexperienced.

Junior year is the sweet spot.

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11 years of Disney retirement

Main Street at Walt Disney World
The final walk through ‘the Tunnel’ and down Main Street before ‘opening’.
Disney Keynote speaker Jeff Noel
Entered the Tunnel by Fantasyland Cafeteria. Walked up a stairwell and stepped onstage to an empty Magic Kingdom.
Walt Disney Legacy Award name tag
Fantasyland. October 31, 2014. Maybe 7am.
work schedule
Photo: Disney Institute schedule screen shot. Top right, Friday, October 31 column. Lower right, “Congrats!”
two men in front of vision and mission signs
One last visit to Disney Institute HQ to turn in Disney iPhone, laptop, etc. Rod is an attorney and helped DI during our best growth years.
halloween card
Angie is crafty. She made this for my Disney Institute farewell day.

Over-focus on the same things you used to under-focus on or ignore.

Disney taught me to use dates to create memorable milestones.

Halloween was an over-focused, intentional choice.

i wanted to be able to say, “After 30 years at Disney, it was really scary to leave.“

And since October 31, 2014, i have.

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Disney retirement anniversary eve

disney's jungle Jeff in a disney stairwell
October 31, 2014. Leaving Disney institute’s HQ to drive home. It was really ‘scary’ to leave. On the way i returned the hat to Magic Kingdom Wardrobe.

Disney retirement anniversary eve is today.

October 30, 2025.

Eleven years since turning in my Jungle Cruise Skipper hat at Magic Kingdom wardrobe.

Note: Yesterday i said writing will continue after April Fool’s Day (in 3 weeks). Writing, yes; probably daily. Blogging, no.

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Always working

social media screen shot of working life chart
Note: This is not a video. It’s a screen shot from a LinkedIn post about our working years. ‘Never not working’ is starting to consistently float in my consciousness. Have always known it is true but rarely think about it. Until recently.

Starting to taste ‘not working’.

Note: Also brainstorming a hybrid retirement.

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Present and 2 others

Magic Kingdom Main Street after hours
Halloween, 2014.

Present, mindful, and motivated.

dad

Today’s ‘quote’ is from a recurring theme in the If Disney Ran Your Life podcast.

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