Retirement tips - get comfortable with the idea of…

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Get comfortable not making a joke or a glib comment about not having anything to do tomorrow. You've probably seen a video or two where I've talked about me having to come to terms with the fact that it made me uncomfortable to say, I don't have any plans today or tomorrow or whatever, because it made me feel like I didn't have stuff going on. It made me feel unimportant. I found that there's kind of like a continuum I went through. I started by feeling guilty saying, I don't have anything to do tomorrow. Like I wasn't important or like I didn't matter. I thought I'd sort of gotten over it because I was saying things like, same thing I did yesterday, nothing, but I didn't finish. So I'll keep working on it today and tomorrow. And I realized that making the joke was just another way for me to cope with my discomfort around the concept of not having plans. Can I get to a place where I tell someone, I don't have anything planned for tomorrow. And I just say it in a matter of fact way, and I don't feel like I need to be defensive. And, uh, and yes, I did get there. So when someone asks me today, what do you have going on tomorrow? I'll say, I don't think I really have anything planned for tomorrow. And that's it. I don't feel like I need to qualify it. I don't feel like I need to make some glib or sort of snarky statement about it. I just state the fact. I feel like that's a sign of growth.