☀️ The Good Life - 03/02/2024 (290) - Holding my tongue about retirement

Day 290 - Another project manager called me yesterday with a question about a project closure document template I’d made. After our talk, she asked me “Are you sleeping better?” “Yes” I said. “Much better.” “What changed?” She asked… In a second, a dilemma passed through my head. How do I tell her that the problem was work all along? She’s suffering the same issue as me, can’t sleep at night due to work stress, but she’s still young, with a mortgage, and small children, and decades of necessary work ahead. How do I say, “I’m better now because I found a way out. I at last grew old enough to escape; but you can’t come, not yet at least.” I lied a little and told her I’m better because my big two-year project is done, which is the truth, just not the whole truth.
And now I think I’m understanding a little why some old people who feel as I do-that work is like a prison sentence-don’t talk about retirement as feeling like a form of escape. It’s because it seems insensitive to talk that way in front of young people who may have years or decades of hard labor ahead, their prison sentences being long from over. It’s better perhaps to just keep quiet and let them find out for themselves someday. Let them discover the feeling of release when their time has come, and when their long sentence is through.
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OBJECTIVES 🎯
1. Be Always Ready to Die
2. Make Good Use of Time and Resources
3. Develop Good and Sound Life Principles
4. Cultivate Good Emotional Reactions
5. Perform Good Actions
6. Recognize True Limits and Opportunity
7. One Thing Slowly
8. Balance
PRINCIPLES 📜
1. Principle of War
2. Principle of Reason
3. Homunculus
4. Anchorhold
5. Home of Good and Evil
6. Principle of Purpose
7. Atomic Principle
8. Principle of Nature
9. The Pirate Ride
10. Principle of Maturity
11. Social Principle
12. Principle of Family
13. Public Speaking
14. Temperance
15. Life Will Not Go Well
16. The Horror Show
17. That Which Must Be Borne
18. The Feast of Offal
19. Distraction
20. Agency and The Great Indifference
21. The Best Seat in the House
22. The Restless Man
23. The Path of Wildness
24. The Great Life Adventure
25. The Risk of Avoiding Risk
26. Sin and Damnation
27. Complete Oblivion
28. The Season of Philosophy
29. Scriptwriting
30. Bullseye Aim
31. The Uphill Climb
32. Arena and Utility
33. Nothing IS enough
34. The Principle of Fun
35. Being Ready
Kurt Bell is a passionate explorer, dedicated family man, and author of books such as "Going Alone" and "No More Looking Out For Number One." Born in America in 1964, he integrates Stoic philosophy into his physical and philosophical journeys. Today's venture on The Path of Wildness embodies this harmonious blend of exploration and mindful living. While Kurt savors these moments and looks forward to future adventures, he remains ever prepared for life's end, ready to depart without a single backwards glance. 🌄📚🚶‍♂️
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