: hi Pam M

: thanks for asking!
: I have done that RR thing of getting
: a life LOL that sounds a bit
: flippant really, but it did happen
: that way

: so I have been doing a LOT of traveling and adventures, a bit: like a gap year for grown-ups: h6)

: and retirement is meaning things like
: swimming and line dancing evenings
, book clubs and things I thought
: I never would do.... much more
: engaging with friends as they
: retire too. that's been a bit of
: a time explosion as I am realizing
: I must make the most of this
: time...……….. to embrace it all
: while I am fit and mobile LOL I
: sound about 80... LOL but there
: is a bit of a serious aspect to
: that...….. so there are museums
: and planned walks and all sorts.
: Bit like when my children were
: little and I had to put everything
: on the calendar to keep straight,
: that's all for me now

: the kids left home also which I
: thought would be awful …. to my
: surprise it has meant treasuring
: visits and spending evenings with
: DH watching the TV we saved
: instead of the kid's things That
: sounds really silly but its a bit
: of golden time to prioritize for
: now And I'm glad these changes
: have been so easy

: while I was working and stressed out,
: RR proved so much an anchor, and a
: springboard to feeling free now,
: which is what I would wish for
: everyone, I am conscious of using
: the things I have learnt all the
: time, every day

: Foodwise I hear you ask: h6) I'm well: and happy and never sugar/white or: my uneasy things ever. and
: thanking BE class and all the
: other stuff making that easy.
: feeling what keeps me safe and
: cosy

: Traveling about it is so funny. Has
: been the realisation of a long
: planned for dream There have been
: places I thought would be so easy.
: Which turned out a big big
: challenge
: Sydney Australia for instance. It
: may have been where we were
: staying, but oh noodles and white
: things everywhere. We ended up
: practically living in one Greek
: restaurant as it was the only
: thing we could find

: Yet New Zealand - I was all prepared
: for a challenge but it was easy,
: easy. Best breakfasts on the
: planet, and big chains of Indian
: restaurants and family type
: restaurants as well

: as for plane travel, Iknow which: airlines to pick now: h6) and: always pack the nibble box

: it's a good life, hope you are all: well too x

Hi Mosaic,

I think you have described *getting a life* beyond any imagination I could have ever had.
I think every newcomer should read this :)

And I think it speaks to your willingness to use the steps to change your brain so deeply and then
to get this in return. You embraced it, and the return is breathtaking.

Fascinating that Australia/New Zealand should be so different. But it actually does make sense to me.
I will think about this all day!

Kathleen