My First Retirement
After the dust began to settle after the tower had fallen in the Spring of 2023 it was time for me to decide what was next. I felt a lot of pressure from my family to get back on the horse and start the job search and work as soon as possible. I also had someone close to me tell me that searching for a job was a full time job, which wasn’t necessarily the wrong advice, but I knew for me and for this particular situation, that this time around that was not the case. I had a feeling deep inside of me that there was something waiting for me down the road but it was not something that I would go searching for, rather something that if I stayed true to myself and to the process, it would reveal itself in time. This was a big leap of faith for me to seemingly “do nothing” but it ended up being the best decision I made and it paid off big time in the long term.
It took me a couple of months to ease into my decision to dip into my savings and enjoy my life for a little bit until the right time came. For those that have known me for a while knows that this was incredibly hard for me; to spend money without having a steady cash flow in, but wildly enough a few years ago I had the thought “save as much as you can now you will need to use it at a later time” and again it was my intuition about the future that was right. I am not saying that I bled money, I made some financial adjustments so that I would feel comfortable taking this much time to heal and be with myself . Since I got my first job at Portal Pool in the summer of 8th grade up until I was 30 at my last job, I always saved the majority of my paycheck so this was a major adjustment for me, but either way, the point I am trying to make is that now I made the conscious decision to reap some of the benefits of those financial decisions I made at a younger age and enjoy the free time that I had now without feeling suffocated by a major financial burden. It always pays off to be smart with your money.
One of the highlights of my first retirement was joining the “Wine Tasters” Golf League on Tuesdays with a bunch of ladies up in Denver (I call them the Lads). My “second mom” Anne the Man was kind enough to introduce me to this group of amazing women from her neighborhood up in Roxborough State Park. These women have backgrounds as CEOs in various industries , Finance, Real Estate, Education, Earthquake Science (watch the 3 Body Problem on Netflix) and more. They are the people that listened to my stories without judgment and the ones that made me cry laughing after every single golf round. I am so grateful for these lads and I am thankful for the new connections that I was able to make after what seemed like I lost almost everyone.
Now moving forward.
A week ago my current chiropractor posted on Facebook that she was looking for a full time Business / Office Manager . I was going to sleep on it but during my meditation I couldn’t stop thinking about it so I sent her a message and told her I was interested. I sent over my resume and we agreed to meet the following week. I accepted the job on site with a gracious feeling in my heart. I have been going to this chiropractor since I was seven years old for migraines, and have continued to see her once a month for a massage and an adjustment over the last year for overall wellness. She is a woman that I feel incredibly safe with and inspired by. Talk about divine timing .
