tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881389390266605547.post3046830958807713458..comments2020-11-24T21:08:45.254-08:00Comments on The View from Over the Hill: Slowing DownSylvia Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259032453252447339noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881389390266605547.post-37643234361154610142008-07-22T07:38:00.000-07:002008-07-22T07:38:00.000-07:00I love retirement and very seldom do I ever get bo...I love retirement and very seldom do I ever get bored. Sometimes, I wonder how I ever worked because I seem to stay so busy now. I do read a lot and I never had time for that when I was working. My children and grandchild also take up a lot of my time.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12078537002880283509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881389390266605547.post-22118392225548318522008-07-22T07:24:00.000-07:002008-07-22T07:24:00.000-07:00Sometimes I think it's to my drawback and sometime...Sometimes I think it's to my drawback and sometimes my advantage that I didn't work outside the home other than brief stints. I was the proverbial stay-at-home, soccer mom and it taught me a lot about finding things to do without ever feeling bored, which still holds me in good stead, but I think I missed learning about the working world and feel a lack in myself that I was never self-supporting. <BR/><BR/>Most of what I do involves researching or writing or painting. An idea comes to me and I begin to research it both online and in whatever books I have already acquired on the topic (most of those were acquired before the Internet made research so easy online). Learning about things, using what I learn in books, making art based on feelings (now I do digital painting which doesn't even require any materials, just an old copy of Corel Photo-paint 7. A lot of times one idea evolves into another and the next thing I know I forgot to start dinner. I think being free to learn about whatever I want has been one of my big advantages in having stayed home but there were disadvantages too. Back to what I have always believed-- nobody gets it all.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.com