Thinking about things, without making decisions, that is a fool’s game, and by the time you hit my age (almost 63) surely the time for playing the games of fools is over, or at least should be anyway.
Since May last year, my mind has been in a state of flux, but I’m feeling that now, just before the celebrations for my next birthday occur, my mind is made up, some necessary decisions have been made.
May last year was when my mother died, when the person who birthed me, and cared for me, to some extent for all of my life up to that point. Yes, my Mum is gone, but I am still here. I’m thankful for all thankful she has done for me, and always will be. Giving me, through her estate, enough money to be able to do whatever I will ever want to do, what a gift to give.
So if I wanted to start a business, I could easily do that, I have the required money for it. But the more I think about it now, as Summer is finally departing, and Autumn moving in, I’m in a thoughtful mood, considering what it is I truly want to do, and it’s overwhelmingly obvious to me that doing anything that looks like office work, is definitely NOT on my lift of things to do.
So if that isn’t what I’m going to do with the rest of my life (and given my current health, I should live at least as many years as my mother did, so making it past 85 years of age would not be at all unlikely. I eat a good healthy diet, only drink alcohol sparingly, and now every day, don’t smoke, and I’m exercising more and more, including doing strengthening exercises these days, as well as walking a couple of kilometres at least four days a week, or more.
Being healthy.likving an enjoyable life, maintaining my current creative pursuits that I also enjoy immensely, and that give me a strong sense of purpose in my life – these things, if I maintain them, will easily assist me in not ending up in the sad way my mother was at the end of her life.
But if I am going to meet what the headline of this article indicates, what will the differently part going to be? Hmm, something that involves that money I now have I suspect. I’ve already been involved in finding, or at least looking into, the best ways to invest that money I now have.
And I feel I’ve done well enough at this, increasing my savings in quite a satisfactory way, while also paying for things with my own money, to avoid using credit. I understand the basics in doing this, and know not to invelst in anything that promised much, but with a risk level that is far too high.
One thing that is of interest to me is the possibility of having a book shop, or running a publishing business, but there would need to be far too much paperwork for me, so no, not doing that. What I am prepared to do, and have done before, is the self-publishing of my own works, and editng anthologies containing the creative writing of others too.
That feels interesting for sure, I LOVE book launches, and Author Talks! If I were to do more of this kind of work, as well as perhaps connecting with suitable businesses that may sell such books for me, and those who’ve trusted my with their words, that would have those other businesses doing the less interesting (to me) parts of it all.
Doing more, a lot more, public speaking, that will be something different too. I am not one of those people with a phobia about speaking in public, I love to do it! Standing up in front of an audience, that’s my idea of a fun thing to do!
And if I thought more about this aspect, and worked out the best ways to have books available for purchase when I do it, excellent – making some real money for a change, with the selling of my books, that would be different for sure!
So that would be doing what I’ve already been doing, but with the greater focus on how to find purchasers of the books I already have, and those planned in the near future.
Actually emptying those boxes and bags of books, by selling this books, now that would be an excellent, different thing for sure
I get the feeling I may have hit the correct path to follow into my future now. WooHoo to me!
Carolyn Cordon - Creative 