I realize I’m starting 3/4ths of the way through this book entitled 2022. But that’s ok.
Winds of change – yep – this year so far has been quite a year of changes after two years of COVID directed existance. Layer that with 2020 being a year of throat cancer diagnosis/treatment/recovery from treatment, and 2021 being a get back to some semblance of a normal existance while still recovering, 2022 started off with a bang.
With my apartment lease coming to an end in March 2022, and an anticipated rent increase to more than I wanted to pay for something that wasn’t mine, in December 2021 I decided to look for a manufactured home in an Adult Park (read that 55+). First big change – I found my perfect little home in January and spent the next six weeks going through loan documentation, inspections, escrow and all the other fun things that go with buying something – and moved in mid-March. We’ve (my adult son and I have been settling in and fixing it up the way I want my home to be without an apartment manager telling me what I can and cannot do. Painting, landscaping, gazebos, oh my! It’s all coming together.
Second big change this year (major for me) – finally admitting to myself that the comfy position I took last August as a Director of Sale at a hotel less than 10 minutes from where I live is simply not working for me. I adore the team on property that I work with. I do not so much appreciate “Ownership” as they are always ominously referred to. Let us suffice it to say that they run their business their way – their full prerogative. I, on the other hand, cannot in good consciousness, under their business model, continue to do my job and feel good about what I do.
I have accepted a lesser position at a higher rate of pay (not a driving factor in my decision), gave three-week notice two weeks ago – and in another week will be starting my “new” position at a hotel I “retired” from in 2018. As it turns out, retirement bored me. I love what I do, I enjoy working, and will continue as long as I feel healthy enough to do so!
September is my Winds of Change month – moving on, focusing on being productive, being fulfilled, and making myself happy.
What is your Chapter 9 about? Tell me.
The Barefoot Boomer 