{"id":2096,"date":"2022-07-05T16:51:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T20:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ivyrun.com\/inanotherplace\/?p=2096"},"modified":"2022-07-11T17:10:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T21:10:12","slug":"what-are-you-going-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ivyrun.com\/inanotherplace\/?p=2096","title":{"rendered":"What Are You Going To Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Front Porch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/therichardsons\/52182334861\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52182334861_c2eb0f8c77_w.jpg?resize=400%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Front Porch of an old house with furniture and plants\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>The number one question I was asked when I told people I was retiring was, &#8220;What are you going to do?&#8221;\u00a0 I wish I had had a more satisfying answer for the questioners and, honestly, for myself. I named my\u00a0 hobbies including gardening, music, reading, crafting. A desire to travel. I mentioned potentially writing a book. But, ultimately, I didn&#8217;t know what I was going to do other than not continue doing the work I had been doing. It was work I loved, which made it hard to leave behind. But, the love had made it all consuming, and I knew it was time to take the next step even without being completely sure of the path.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the holiday weekend, today seems like my first real day of retirement. So, what did I do? The usual morning routine of reading and journaling then feeding and walking the dogs. Rode my bike to the post office. Watched Wimbledon. Puttered around the house and garden. Ticked a few items off the to do list.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as the afternoon wanes, I am getting around to doing the one thing I did want to accomplish on this first day of retirement: writing a blog post. And, in writing, I have come to a short time answer to the question: I have blogged on and off almost since blogs existed. But I never got into a regular practice. Now, I have the time, and I want to use at least some of it to establish that practice.<\/p>\n<p>Not sure what I&#8217;m going to write about: technology, education, gardening, cooking, and pretty much whatever else takes my fancy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number one question I was asked when I told people I was retiring was, &#8220;What are you going to do?&#8221;\u00a0 I wish I had had a more satisfying answer for the questioners and, honestly, for myself. I named my\u00a0 hobbies including gardening, music, reading, crafting. A desire to travel. 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