Time flies when you’re having fun. Or, as Kermit tells us, time’s fun when you’re having flies. Time also flies by when you’re busy. The next few years will be exceptionally busy for me.
I’ll be working part-time. I’ll be blogging part-time. My boys will be in more after-school activities. We’re learning Spanish together as a family. And then I will be retired.
As I’ve stated before, I won’t be retiring from clinical medicine to escape a job I dislike. I will retire to free up over 2,000 hours per year to spend in any way that I please. How will I spend my time?
1. A really long walk.I read about people who have walked great distances for charity, like Steve. I think I would enjoy walking a great distance to raise some money and awareness for a worthwhile charitable cause.
2. Write. Less time working means more time to write. Or maybe not, with these other 49 ideas. But I imagine I will be better able to focus on writing, and perhaps writing something bigger than a 2100-word blog post.
3. Donate. I will continue to donate much off my website profit to charitable causes, including our donor advised fund. As the fund grows, so does our ability to give meaningful chunks of money away.
4. Cook. I think I know a little bit about how to cook food, and then I see 9-year olds on Chopped Junior throw together some duck breast, molasses, and Twinkies into delectable entrees. I have a lot to learn. From 9-year olds.
5. Vacation with friends. Our vacations are scheduled around and within the confines of both work and school schedules, leaving very little flexibility. I look forward to having the availability to take off whenever it works for someone else.