How we respond to the question what do you have go…

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How my response to the question, what do you have going on tomorrow, has changed over the past two years of my retirement. I did a video earlier, like maybe a year and a half ago, about how I felt a little guilty when people asked, what do you have going on tomorrow? Like, I felt like I needed to have a list of cool things. I got over that, and then I overcorrected this sort of glib responses. Well, I'm finishing what I did today, which is nothing, and I don't expect to complete it tomorrow. Now I've arrived at, you know, I don't think I have too much going on tomorrow. That tells me so much about how much better I'm processing relaxation, because my intended response was originally performative. Come up with something that sounds appropriate. My next response was defensive, sort of a glib response or a joke, defending the fact that I wasn't doing much. And then finally, just honest, because I didn't feel guilty. I didn't feel like I needed to defend myself. I realized it's okay. You don't have to have anything going on. Just enjoy your retirement. So if you're being asked that question, and if you're answering that question in any other way than comfortably honest, ask yourself, do you have a little bit more processing to do?