Well five month have passed and I have not added to this blog. I guess I have been busy. They have been a life-changing five months. At the end of January, I decided to retire from work. So many reasons - some work-related, some personal.
It is probably not appropriate to list the work-related ones here. Suffice to say that I was under great stress, feeling under-supported and came to the conclusion that resigning was the only option. I was asked to stay on until the end of May, which I have done.
The personal reasons are also many and varied. A couple of close friends have recently died; that concentrated the mind. On the positive side, we bought a house in Spain and I want to be able to spend more time in it. I am also keen to start to do more creative things with my life but didn't have the time.
Yes I have retired earlier than I had intended. Yes that means that finances will be tight. But I hope I still have the energy and the mental ability to move on to new experiences. I'd like to take a few months to chill out then make positive decisions about the future. I hope that future includes travel, new friends, new accomplishments, time in Spain and generally a new control over my life. And I hope I can share some of them here.
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