February 19

Post 747, Day 50 of 2013
 - and 781 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

What would I do if I didn't have to spend forty-five hours a week earning a living? 

If you read the previous four days' Daily Comments, you can imagine, the question came up more than once. In fact, it came up every day, at least once.

Of course, the answer is, I don't know. And I speculate that I may never find out, because I don't think we are talking about a constant. I think, as with my activities now have some variation both in and out of work, it will be so in the future, when there won't be any work.

One thing I think, is that there is no "average day". Some days you do this and that, some days you don't, and all you can say is what you've been doing mostly recently, what you're doing now. You can't/don't do the 'average' of two activities, and taking their average doesn't give you a baseline. You can't average real experience.

Besides that, I have never been a person to form and maintain routines. My mind rebels. I have to change things up. Change is my constant, the only constant, right?

Or, will that, and everything I know, change when I have discarded all time and earnings commitments, and I'm free to choose to spend my time any way I want?

Outside of some vacation time, that's unexplored territory for me. Who knows how that will go? That is the reason my plan includes lots of time up front to explore. It's an adventure!

Friends, when we discuss my retirement, are always suggesting ways I can make money after retiring. I'm not sure why. I haven't ever found the enjoyable things I do to be profitable. I've never enjoyed commerce (although I have enjoyed the fruits of commerce), and, therefore, don't anticipate doing commercial activities. I have friends who don't think like that, and enjoy 'the deal'. My friends are dear to me, but they aren't me.

I have friends who tell me, even life on a beautiful beach gets boring after a while. I just tell them, I'd like to see for myself if that's true. If it is, I can always move on. If it isn't, I can stay. If I get an idea to try something else out, even though where I am is good, I can try it. I have choice. Not unlimited choice, but much less limited choice, and it looks like pretty much all I need.

That is one of the things not having to earn a living means to me - freedom of movement, freedom to make a mistake, and fix it - or walk away from it. That's why I don't intend to buy a house or condo in my new overseas home - I don't want those strong ties to any single location. Sometimes, something is right, but then, some time later, it isn't. I want to be able to vote with my feet. 

It means traveling light, and living with a small footprint.

We'll see how that works out.

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 Food and Diet Section

First-half year 2013 daily weight

Today's Weight:         207.4 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     207.1 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 0.3 lbs

Diet Comment

I finished well, yesterday, although not on plan for lunch. The 'goal' of being under 209 pounds today has been well exceeded. Miracles happen all the time, I guess!

Food Log 

Breakfast
Skipped.

Snack/Fail!
Oreos.

Lunch
Cocoa-kale-hempseed-protein shake: Almond milk, kale, cocoa, hemp seeds, a large egg, vanilla whey powder (24g protein),  cinnamon, stevia-inulin blend.

Dinner
Eaten late - celery with home-made mayonnaise.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  25 oz.   Water:  92+ oz.  

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