Do/Did you worry about who you are once you retire?
ladypat1
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do you worry about moving plants?
Comments (11)LL you've had colder weather than we have here a lot further north! Are you in the mountains? Seamommy, cute story, some plants just surprise us, don't they! I'm either too old, too lazy, too tired, or too smart to move as many as I used to altho I moved quite a few this year as we made new beds and I moved the extras! I frequently used to move plants, sometimes the same plant several times in one year but I've never worried about them, just moved them to a better place and watered well. I don't move them in the heat of the day or when it's really hot and forecast for more heat. This is a dry climate so can't depend on rain and I dislike watering a lot and babying plants so am trying harder to get them in the right places. I also have very few losses as that's no fun at all for me. Here in zone 3 I don't move anything past about mid to end of August when I stop fertilizing altho I probably could....See Moredid you go back 'home' when you retired?
Comments (7)I'd ask him to list the things that make him want to go back: then see if those things are really there or just his longing for the way things used to be. Sometimes we tend to glorify the good things & forget about the bad. You don't mention the size of the city where he wants to move. Does it still have the amenities, entertainment sources, restaurants, etc. that you both like? What are some of the issues facing the community? We live in a small town where many have moved away; however they keep their home (or parents home when they die) so that they have a place to stay when they come back to visit or can someday move back. But the world they knew it as is no longer reality. The businesses have changed (or gone), the friends & family they knew are no longer around, people don't neighbor like they used to, etc. I'd test the waters before committing. Go back & stay for a month or so. If you want to get out of the city, make a list of the features you'ld really like in your new place and see if his hometown can provide those things....See MoreDo you plan to move when you retire?
Comments (33)I have been thinking a lot about comfort zones since Katrina. People refused to get on planes to go to states with low unemployment rates, and inexpensive housing so I asked myself where I would be willing to go. I am from Washington State. I would be pretty comfortable going to Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Montana, the Dakotas, and Arizona. Anything else seems too far away, too foreign, too unfamiliar. I think this carries over into retirement planning. I couldn't go to Georgia because it is too far away. Until it got too expensive, people from Washington who wanted a warmer climate when they retired went to Caifornia. Now it is Arizona and Arizona is where I plan to go. It seems to me that people in the Northeast are more likely to stay on the east coast. I don't know what people in the heartland do. Do you go to Texas, New Mexico or ? Part of it is that I don't want to be more than a 3 hour plane ride from my children, but I think there is more to it than that. There may be very little difference from one state to another, but I don't know that and something in me seeks the familiar. Coming from a "blue" state, I will settle into the only "blue" county in Arizona. I would like to be more adventurous, but I always find myself seeking out the familiar. Someone I knew years ago had moved to Washington from the east coast. She said that it was so important to her that television was the same everywhere. Some people derided her comment because of her reliance on television, but I think I know what she meant. Once while visiting in South America, I found myself watching Plaza de Sesamo (Sesame Street) just for the familiar characters....See MoreDo you worry about blue light from your screens?
Comments (14)Ive had a lifetime of issues with sleep-- starting in childhood when I used to get up after the house was asleep. Over the last few years, I have made a point of disconnecting from most electronic devices between 9/9:30 pm.. I say most because I go to bed to read on my ipad. This has made a HUGE difference in my sleep. I go to sleep easily and sleep well until I wake up at 5/5:30. I don't and can't credit getting off the electronic devices (because I am still on the ipad) .. but I do credit the mental disconnection from work obligations and the (addictive?) temptation to check one more site, read one more post, watch one more episode. Truly, I think it's the disconnect from work and other obligations that has made the greatest difference. I go to bed relaxed... and stay that way until I log into work in the am....See Moreladypat1
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