This is the latest in an occasional series of blogs commenting on upcoming retirement.
I’ve mentioned already that I have assumed a new status at one of the four part-time jobs I’ve been working during the past year.
The new on-call/as-needed status means that I’m spending more time at home working my three other jobs, all of which allow me to work from my study.
One of them does require that I leave the house to interview subjects for news stories I write.
But here’s what I’ve discovered about this new phase of my life as I inch toward full retirement: I like the untethered feeling.
What’s more, I’m getting more comfortable with it.
Yes, I have errands to run and things to do around the house. I get to keep posting items on this blog, which gives me great joy as I’m able to comment on this and that.
These days, though, my wife and I spend a good deal of time talking to each other about our future. The conversations almost always involve spending more time with grandchildren, traveling in our recreational vehicle, sprucing up our home and just feeling good these days about our lot in life.
I’m not yet ready to jettison the rest of my jobs. They all involve journalism, which forĀ decades — while I was working full timeĀ for TheĀ Man —Ā defined me to my friends and acquaintances. It doesn’t define me that much these days, which is the way I want it to be. Still, my work with two TV stations in Amarillo and a weekly newspaper in New Mexico give me great pleasure.
My former career is getting much smaller in that proverbial rear-view mirror. That’s all right, too.
Life is good.