Psst, wanna hear a secret? I am a closet writer. Wanna hear something exciting? I’ve signed up for my first real writers’ course. I am truly excited about this huge step into a new career.
New career you wonder? Well, not right away of course, but this could be a real step into my retirement. Remember how I said having hobbies was important as part of your retirement planning. Now I must confess that I have wanted to be a writer since I was 13 years old but my parents had a more practical vision for me so for the last ten years or so I have been planning to work on writing after I completed my working career. Taking this step is a first step in that direction.
So what are you doing out there, you fifty somethings? Have you long harboured a secret passion that is just waiting to get out to see the sunshine? If you have, if there is any possibility that you might be able to take a step towards it, I hope you will take the chance. After all, once we are 65 who the heck is going to criticize us for whatever fantastic schemes we will come up with.
Remember to ask yourself, “whose looking?”
And the answer will be “only those who are genuinely interested in your success!”
This is by Elizabeth Shippen Green, friends with Jessie Wilcox Smith
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