I never thought I would write a personal blog but I thought it would be helpful for me to document my thoughts and experiences in my transition from Phase 2 of my life (full-time+ work) to Phase 3 (let's call it semi-retirement). As a life long workaholic, I am beginning to understand that the psychological impact of this transition is going to be more difficult for me than the financial. I am a Registered Nurse and for more than 35 years this has defined most of who I am. My personal identity is very dependent on my profession identity - so now I have to figure out how I am going to re-balance this in the coming years.
So one decision my husband and I have made is to stop putting everything off "until we retire" to doing more now. We have been taking ballroom dancing lessons and are about to embark on a "bucket list" vacation to Africa in a few weeks. I plan to chronicling our adventures through Southern Africa as we travel so I can create our travel journal as we go along.
It will be interesting to see if using this site to exploring my thinking, help me to process everything and lead me to a more comfortable space in my own head.
