Rewards – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Try to keep up

pelicans flying — First pelican sighting.

ocean shoreline — Mooloolaba Surf Club is a block from us.

bird photo and stats — The Kookaburra is the signature sound you hear in jungle movies. We’ve heard it several times over eight weeks. We have yet to see one though.

Doing what you love and living within your means is not the only goal.

Mental, physical, and spiritual vibrancy should accompany artistic passion and prioritized stability.

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This website is about our HOME. This is the fifth of five daily, differently-themed blog posts about: (1) mind, (2) body, (3) spirit, (4) work, (5) home. To return to Mid Life Celebration, the site about MIND, click here.

Island time

3 adults posing at beach — Late lunch. Early afternoon Pacific Ocean stroll.

two people walking on beach — Pacific Ocean with two Floridians. By the way, it’s winter here.

green leaf closeup — Big leaf. Intricate circulatory system.

It’s common for many to think a life of career sacrifices leads to a payoff in retirement.

Equally important to remember that work sacrifices (always) ripple into home sacrifices.

It is helpful to think and write to myself about this concept.

Why?

Because yesterday it was easy to feel guilt. My private thoughts, if expressed publicly, would sound like gloating. i am not a gloater, yet my private reflections felt boastful.

We have been here over two weeks and have revisited all the places and things we enjoyed most from our five-week trip six months ago.

So this final week we are reflecting more seriously about all the things we get to do here. We know we will likely never return. Australia’s Sun Coast is nice, yet it isn’t much different than Central Florida.

Therefore, i close today’s writing knowing that we (me and Cheryl) have earned this time to do what we want, when we want, and not feel guilt.

.hpm

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