Like a lot of people things have changed.  I got laid off as part of a corporate clean up in my 50s and was content to settle into retirement but after a year of puttering around the farm decided to get back into it.  Well partially at least.  I opted to not go full time employee but embrace the gig economy so to speak. Much easier to do when the kids are done school and the mortgage is paid.

It is at times frustrating not having a regular schedule but then again my corporate life was fairly chaotic and subject to the whims of customers and executives.  I do seem to be able to slot in a wider variety of things during the week but most importantly life comes before work in this new equation.

I do not envy those starting out in these uncertain times but I do understand their angst seeing it at home with our children, all adults now, who have a view of work and the world I did not.  I am certain my parents had similar views when I was partying away my young adulthood.

In the end the path I took to get here is not open to replotting and in most likely where I am is the happiest I have been in any iteration of the multiverse but as I can’t see across them just yet I will have to be content with this one..

later