I had Good Intentions. Promise. 

I just noticed that I wrote a blog last year in which I said "Now I have more time for this" referring to writing this blog more consistently. Guess how many I've done since then. Right. ONE. And it was just a copy and paste of my church talk. But as I said, I had good intentions. Even to the point that I set a reminder on Alexa for every Tuesday afternoon to tell me to update my blog. 

Retirement has spoiled me just a little. I've gotten to where I'm a little protective of my right to do nothing. I still like to think that I'm active and involved every day, but being unnecessarily self-critical, that may not be the whole truth. The past couple of winter months have hurt my activity level. 

Until late December, I was taking a daily walk around the neighborhood, usually right about two miles. They say you should take a brisk 30 minute walk daily. I read somewhere that a brisk walk was about 100 steps a minute, so that was my goal and I usually hit it. Then it got cold and rainy and now I'm out of the habit. I really want to get it going again, it does wonders for you in emotional terms of feeling like you've accomplished something. Haven't gotten back into the swing, but I will.

As the weather continues to improve, I'll get moving again, with yard work and pool maintenance and so forth. I have managed to continue a habit I started early-on of doing a half-hour or so of housework every day. I clean the bathrooms on Mondays, the kitchen on Tuesdays, and so forth. I've volunteered at the church a little more, but those jobs don't take a lot of time on a regular basis. 

Didn't intend for this to be a retirement report, but it is what it is. I believe that I have finally gotten out of the "extended vacation" mindset and more into accepting that "this is a new and permanent lifestyle" attitude. And I like that attitude better!

I promise that I will attempt to do posts more often in the future. I know that you've been sitting there wondering what's been missing in your day without them!