A touch of reflection

reflection

It’s just over a year since I started this blog and I’m not a very regular blogger, but thought I ought to take a moment to think back over the last year.

I gave up full time work in August 2012 and have spent the time since then developing my own new business as a Reiki and EFT Practitioner. I have also managed to fit in a wonderful month in Australia, visits to friends around the UK,  as well as joining a creative writing course, and achieving a proofreading diploma,

The business is growing slowly but steadily and I now have my own premises – though I don’t work full time.  The whole point is to make enough of a living for those extras like long holidays in faraway places without having to slog my guts out in a 40+ hour week!!!  I also enjoy Reiki and EFT as they are wonderful therapies that can help people without doing any harm.

On the whole it’s been a pretty good year, despite the sadness of losing my 97 year old aunt in April.  At a recent checkup with my GP she commented that my cholesterol and blood pressure levels were better than they’ve been for years – and the only thing that has changed is my work situation.  Proof, if any were needed, that stress has physical manifestations!

My birth certificate says I am 66, but I have decided to start counting backwards so on my birthday last month I turned 64…  Roll on being 60 again 😉

Uncertain times

istock_000015542333medium.jpgI’m still not sure whether I’m doing this thing right, but I’ll crack on anyway.

It’s been an emotional few days as I have seen some old friends / work colleagues who have all been asking me about bow it feels to be moving on.  Truth is – I don’t really know because I don’t think I really know what on earth I am going to do.  So suddenly I feel scared.  What the hell AM I going to do?

Friends who have ‘retired’ say ‘I don’t know how I managed to find time to work, I’m so busy’  Bollocks!  I think they are just looking for things to fill the time between  9 and 5 that they used to fill by doing a job of work.

I am NOT retiring.  I want to do something meaningful not just a series of part-time activities that other people think I ought to try.

So – let’s hope I can get my act together over the next few weeks so I don’t end up just filling the hours..