I’ve thought alot over the last couple of months about how I’ll craft my days. Should I get up early and exercise, do yoga, eat a healthy breakfast, blog, create, meditate? Or should I sleep in and let the day unfold? I’ve considered writing out a schedule and carefully planning each day – scheduling chores and creative tasks so they’re spread perfectly evenly across a reasonable set of working hours.
I had this idea to get up early today and photograph my first free sunrise. At 7am this morning, part of me was inclined to just stay in bed, but my adventurous side won and by 7:30am I was out chasing the sun. It felt a little like ditching (not that I ever did that 
) – there I was toodling along the lake road, looking down on the traffic below rushing to get to work or school or wherever, while I casually searched for the best view of the sun.
My horoscope for this week says I should work on challenging barriers, look for “a breakthrough that once seemed crazy difficult or beyond [my] capacity.” I’m not sure where that might take me, but I’m ready for it. Ready to throw out the schedules and the “normal” course I might follow and do the complete opposite… to stretch my boundaries and do extraordinary things.
Reading your post made me reflect on what I might do on my first day of “freedom.” When we work, in order to have time to indulge in our creative side we MUST follow schedules and manage our time or unfortunately, there will be no time for the fun stuff. It would be very tempting to follow this same routine out of habit when the job was over, justbased on the sheer fact that, that’s what you’ve always done! However, it sounds to me like you’ve thought about your alternatives, and you followed your heart! And that’s what I’m planning to do as well! I love sunrises and sunsets and have enjoyed them so much this last month. The days the sky looked Tara was burning in Gone With the Wind, absolutely took my breath away!! Enjoy Kelley! Enjoy!
breathe and go… take time to drift and see what catches your fancy…and call me often, because Sue is getting sick of me
You will enjoy your retirement! as you know I have taken ( the big step). I really DO love being at home,having lunch with art friends,and knowing, that on Sunday night, I can stay up late if I want!
Guess we are big girls now!!!
JohnnieR
You make me look forward to retirement. It is in the not so distant future. I am ready ro chase the sun, butterflies,birds and anything I can find to chase. Just need the time.
Kelly thansk for being you, and sharing some of you in this blog. You are inspiring.