Comments on: Living in a moment

By: Ruth

Ruth — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:59:22 +0000

Beautiful Herndon quote, " . . . . Who could ask for more than to be living in a moment you would die for?” Wow. Thanks.

And I completely agree with your line, "I also wonder if retirement isn’t necessarily the point when you’re no longer working, but the point when you’re no longer putting up with other people’s bullshit." . . . . I know that has a lot to do with my peace of mind lately.

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:42:57 +0000

My parents have been talking about my retirement and how to prepare for it since I was maybe 14, so I’ve been forced for brief painful moments to think about it ever since then. Usually that means I dig my feet in and refuse, but yeah. I’ve had various dreams here and there but nothing has stuck. And I think i went through a brief “better live fast and die young” phase that thankfully I grew out of.

I have some ideas but mostly I want to be mentally resilient enough to deal with what comes, starting now, and lasting until I die.

But I can hear my mom saying that none of that mental resilience will matter if I haven’t invested and saved wisely.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:38:35 +0000

My psychiatrist/therapist wants me to have goals for the future – not entirely dwell on it of course – but something to work towards. And as I wrote about, it’s hard to imagine. There isn’t a whole lot of longevity in my family anyways.

But I didn’t want to bow out the second time around.

By: Megan

Megan — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:51:06 +0000

Can I be honest with you? I hated having to write about retirement. I hated having to think about retirement. I even considered not posting this month – seriously considered it for the first time in the 14 month history of LoL. It wasn’t that it was hard. It’s just that I didn’t wanna! (stomp foot like small child and pouty pout pout.) I didn’t want to think about it because it seemed largely pointless. It’s too far off. Too many things can happen.

I have no idea where I’ll be when it’s time to retire. I don’t think I’m likely to ever have time to retire. And most of what I think about doing then, I’d rather do now. Write. Travel. See friends. Try new things.

I did post, obviously. Because 13 LoLs in a row! I just couldn’t break the pattern at 14. So I guess LoL is a success for me this month because I wrote about something I never would have otherwise. But really all I wanted to say was this:

Fuck off, retirement. I’m living my life now.