LaFrieda Smith

Working life….where I was these last couple years….

• Up at 1 or 2 am to start work at 3 or 4 am.
• Get to work and kill myself for 12-15 hours a day
• Eat breakfast on the way to the first client…drive time at least an hour and half
• Eat lunch in the car on the way and snack in between clients
• Sweat through my clothes and get to the point where the 3 pm slump happens…I’m tired.
• I wrap up my last clients up around 5 or 6 pm
• Call my husband when I am on my way home
• Get home, take a shower and eat dinner
• Say goodnight to my kids and go to bed at 10 or 11 pm, if I didn’t have homework
• Start all over again the next day…

I never did get to where I wanted to be, but I learned that you have to love what you do in order to be happy. God had other plans for me.

And now…Retired Life….

• Up at 1 or 2 pm maybe 12 noon on a good day
• Wash up and proceed to open the curtains for sunshine
• Wash the dishes
• Eat breakfast
• If scheduled work on my blog for at least 5 hours
• Eat my lunch through blogging hours
• On Tuesdays, 5$ movie days we will see a movie if interested
• If I am not feeling pain from arthritis, pain in my back or it isn’t humid outside, I will walk 3 miles with my husband around the lake for my Physical Therapy
• Prepare my dinner (Our teens are now self-sufficient so they prepare their own meals now)
• Watch some sporting event or movie with the hubby or have date night
• Me and hubby take our dog Sage for his walk around 11 pm or 12 am
• Watch a television series while falling a sleep around 2 or 3 am.

My favorite quote by Maya Angelou

So, as you can see, a big difference in my life this past 8 months since I retired. I love the freedom of coming and going as I please and having a great support system in my family. I knew I had to make a change because I wasn’t happy making others dreams come true.

That’s all I got for you until tomorrow …stay tuned for Day 16 and don’t forget to:

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