One of the unexpected downsides of retirement was my underestimate of just how busy I would be. Another was my underestimating how quickly software and technology would change if I stopped my usual pace of constant learning in my role as a professor.
Time to refocus and re-center, finding the right balance between pre and post retirement activities. Initially I plan to focus on finishing up some writing projects I started when I first began using WordPress. I still see some value in sharing some of the earlier Milwaukee Journal Sentinel blogs I did and my david-in-carroll-land blogging work that I did with my talented students.
At the end of my day, I try to spend some time either reading or meditating. The two books above are the bed time reading I am currently enjoying. The former book is written by a Carroll faculty and complements the Richie Davison‘s Center for Healthy Minds meditation program I am participating in.
The latter book is a Man Booker award winning novel.
I recently reread my former colleague Peggy Kasimatis’ novel Not Pink (it begs being made into a movie).
What books would you recommend?
Useful exercise! One book I like is One Straw Revolution by Fukuoka. I lived with him for a couple weeks and his ideas inspire me to reconsider what we are doing in farming.
Thanks for the recommendation!
Can’t wait to check out the books you’re reading! I’d recommend More Than I Imagined by John Blake. Fabulous! https://www.amazon.com/More-Than-Imagined-Discovered-Mother/dp/0593443047/ref=nodl_?dplnkId=1ce1dee5-b9a0-49b4-9a49-49b609d25a0e
Thanks! Nice Vimeo recording of your business school experiences!