by Patti Miinch | Nov 19, 2020 | accountability, bicycling, dreams, goals, kedging, life, live, Patti Miinch, plan, prime time living, retirement, tricks to treat yourself
Ahhhh . . . retirement. A time of doing as much of the things we want to do and as little or none of what we don’t want to do.That’s what I thought life beginning the first day my own retirement. I had made a list of things I wanted to do more of or add to my life,...
by Patti Miinch | Apr 2, 2019 | freedom, Full Circle, opportunities, Patti Miinch, retirement, teen years
Perhaps it was the hot toddy.Or maybe it was just the effects of “the crud” that I’d woken up with that morning and struggled with all day.Whatever the cause, I had a less-than-positive realization just before midnight this past Saturday.I’ve...
by Patti Miinch | Mar 26, 2019 | income, Patti Miinch, Reflection on a Decision Made, regrets, retirement
This time last year, I had pretty much made the decision to retire from full-time teaching.I weighed the pros and cons very carefully. There were only 2 items in the “con” column, but they were (and still are) daunting: ...