“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
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More than ever, this quote is relevant.
Over the last year few years, my life has changed - a lot.
- My children grew up.
- I took a job outside of the home.
- I left said job.
- I survived a Pandemic.
- I wrote a novel.
- I took another job outside the home.
- I realized I'm getting old ... fast.
- I left my part-time job to take a full-time position at the job I left during the Pandemic.
- I just bought a washer/dryer combo. I haven't had a clothes dryer in so many years ... I don't remember when it left my house.
I am working full-time outside of my home for the first time in over two and a half decades.
It's been really hard, and we've sacrificed a lot.
- We didn't go strawberry picking last summer.
- We didn't go apple picking last fall.
- I didn't can anything last year.
- We didn't tap trees this year.
Instead, we're relying on stocking up what we can buy.
But I guess we still have the knowledge of those things we learned to do while I was at home, working from home, and being a full-time Mom/housewife/caregiver.
I miss those days, for sure.
But in the end, needing money for when I retire won and so I have a job.
Life is sad.
Hi there, long time, no see. Nice to hear/read from you again. Yes, getting old(er) is no fun at all. We are saving big time so HB can retire a bit sooner (I am 5 yrs older than him) but with things on your side of the pont happening it takes longer than 4 months ago :-( If I had kept on working in my job and not became a SAHM we had it "easier". But even the boys are still living at home because getting a place to life for themselves is a luxury, like it was in the old days. I think we are getting back in the old days, not in a careless future. Oh dear, now I need a coffee......
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