Fellow retirees, I wanted to share this excerpt from James Clear’s book, Atomic Habits.
My favorite points from:
How to Be Thankful For Your Life by Changing Just One Word
Probably not a headline you run across all that often…
Been busy with this latest venture into ‘something new’:
https://inventwithwords.com/2018/10/27/the-journey-to-a-50000-word-novel/
There HAVE been obstacles:
https://inventwithwords.com/2018/11/04/national-novel-writing-month-day-4-the-struggle-is-real/
Am thankful I have my ‘retirement hours’ for what now feels like more of a challenge than I intended. [Note: I AM typing this one-handed.]
Let’s define ventures : forays into something new.
Goal: At least ten new ventures for the weekend. I’m giving my Do Something Dice a week off. Hey, we retirees write our own rules! Here is the list so far…I’ll be adding incrementally through the weekend.
1. A Reading to Fight Hunger Magic Barrel
2. Friday afternoon: Attended the dedication of statue to Dick Fosbury, the 1968 Olympic gold medalist from Oregon State University. Fifty years ago today, he revolutionized the high jump event with his patented flop.
3. Start a new board game design. Lots of mental math involved, that much is certain.
4. The crust is made, the apples from our backyard tree are sliced/diced, now it’s time to explore: https://www.delish.com/cooking/g326/apple-pies/ And the decision is ‘Apple Pie with Salted Pecan Crumble with some variations. I used hazel nuts instead of pecans and I added plumped-up dried cranberries.
5. New place to walk Buddy, our recently-adopted Aussie Shepherd mix.
6. New TV Show: The Rookie. I liked the characters, but didn’t need the gritty gore.
7. New music to listen to—I started with a new playlist on Spotify: Good Morning Jazz. That led me to Kokoroko, an Afrobeat Collective
8. A new breakfast burrito for lunch at La Rockita, along with their quality chicken torta.
9. New books:
Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process
The Wizard of Foz [Subject: Dick Fosbury]
How to Bake by Paul Hollywood
10. A new tofu cheese recipe from Green Evi . No, it doesn’t completely replace real cheese, but I like the flavors and the protein and the lower fat content. [i.e. less guilt].
11. A Sunday where I read only the comics. Done!
12. Two new biscuit recipes. Sweet potato biscuits and savory herb biscuits. As I usually do, I improvised by adding cinnamon, allspice, vanilla, and maple syrup to the sweet potato version. My starting point is usually Bert Greene’s half-white flour, half whole wheat Sky High Biscuits recipe from The Grains Cookbook.
I opted for bite-size for more concentrated flavors…and less guilt.
[Same calories….but less guilt.]
Here is my itinerary for the weekend…
Do Something Dice.
Roll for your next adventure.
According to this roll of the dice, over the next two days**, I should aim to:
How did I do last weekend? Grade: D
**I actually count Friday afternoon as the beginning of each retirement weekend.
Here is my itinerary for the weekend…
Last week, I started posting photos of what my Do Something Dice suggested I do for fun during the upcoming weekend.
According to this roll of the dice, over the next 2+ days, I should aim to:
I’m most interested in our choice of restaurants and which movie we will choose to see. It’s been years since we went to the local cinema.
**I actually count Friday afternoon as the beginning of each retirement weekend.
Here is my itinerary for the weekend…
Do Something Dice.
Roll for your next adventure.
According to this roll of the dice, over the next two days**, I should aim to:
How did I do last weekend? Grade: D
**I actually count Friday afternoon as the beginning of each retirement weekend.
