RETHINKING SEMI-RETIREMENT

Turns out that our last year has been filled with so much stress that when a rampant flu virus showed up that wasn't accounted for by the CDC in our fall flu shot, we both got hit bad. "How could this happen to nice folks like us?" we asked. Not so hard to figure once we sat down and went over the year's events and the poor way we've been living since we moved! Too busy working and organizing to take walks? Too busy working and organizing to eat properly? Too busy to dance? Too busy stressing to sleep well? Too busy to lose weight?

Certainly reading a magazine isn't gonna fix it! And I've found that most health mags just keep repeating the same crap, throwing in the latest craze for a certain vitamin or additive. NOPE! NOT GOING THERE!

The best thing WE can do is TAKE CONTROL of our "issues" and find solutions that work for us. So here are what we've planned so far:

THE SEMI-RETIRED GUIDE TO GETTING YOUR LIFE BACK 2012 EDITION

1. Quit stressing about our son's running of our former business. But how? Start our own and pay attention to it! WE DID! DRAKENWERKS is on schedule to make a profit this month!

2. Quit eating crap. How? Get rid of all the pantry items that want baking...NO BAKING! How easy is that. That also eliminates ice cream, late night snacks and gooey stuff in the morning.

3. Revamp our breakfast menu. What, no bacon & eggs? Buy protein powder for smoothies, eliminate the cooked foods completely. Sure makes life simpler!

4. FIX WHAT'S BUGGING YOU! For Jack, that means re-organizing the shop space in the garage now that he is running a business from there. For me, that means having a place to plant stuff.We're working on it!

5. Revamp the office/studio so we can find out butts in there. We've made great strides with this, investing in some fine, plastic containers to hold art work and scrap files instead of leaving stuff in file boxes all crammed together. I'm sure we've cleaned out 500 lbs of paper alone! A work in progress!
More later...a person can only do so much at one time!