It's a process

Retirement is for me a process of redefining the self. After decades of career during which there was also focus on raising children, suddenly you are set adrift. Passions are of course fine and I have them, but not what this is about because as someone whose brain operated on high drive with constant deadlines which both motivated and frustrated in equal parts, I am learning a new way to live. In a sense one becomes addicted to adrenaline we would now be wise to let go of.

Learning to live more peacefully with purpose requires we examine who we truly are. After all we have the time but also an impetus to re-imagine life without a constant to-do list. You have highs and some lows and as a transgender person the additional layer of complexity of acclimatizing to living with the freedom of full authenticity.