Episode 63
Replying to a commenter yes this is one of my fav…
Transcript
Empty Web says, make sure you give 100% whatever you do. And they're responding to a post where I talked about how a lot of people like to start small or tiny businesses in their retirement. Just to keep busy, maybe earn a little bit of side income. And saying that reminds me of something I learned when I retired that was really great about retiring. And that was, I can take as much time as I need on a project or a task until it's done to my satisfaction. I couldn't do that when I was working because I was always just slashing and burning through every project. Because like, you know, if we needed to put a new vanity in the bathroom, I had a line of kids at the bathroom door waiting for the vanity to get done so they could get in there. And every project that I did was... You know, it was always just tearing through, just trying to get it done. And I always felt like it never met the mark as far as what I wanted to do. And now that I'm retired, I put up Christmas lights, okay, the other day. And because of the way the fascia was, I had to kind of like drop them down and go over. And my wife and I looked at it the next night and I was like, I don't like the way those drop down. And so I went back the next day, took them all down, redid them. Because I can. And when I got done with them, I was really happy with them. And it's just, it's such a good point. Like when you're retired, you can give whatever you're doing 100%. Even if it's relaxing, you can do that 100%. Because you could never even relax 100% when you're working. Because even when you're not working, you're thinking, I've got to get up and do this because I have to get this done because I won't be able to do it when I'm at work. But... Great point on the 100% and being able to do things to the degree we wish we could do them when we're in retirement.