Archive for February, 2010

Sounds like the credo of the ultimate workaholic! But we don’t think so.

We have long held that for us personally retirement was not a goal. Restylement, with its ability to give you more time to pursue the things that are most important to you, is what appeals to us. There is something that we don’t like about retirement- there is a connotation of withdrawing in the word that does not appeal to us. We know retirement will still be the goal for many, but others will increasingly choose restylement as their goal. The ability to do the things you are passionate about and spend less time doing the things that you don’t enjoy.

This past week we were on “vacation”, but it did not work out that well. We found there were pressing work issues that needed to be dealt with during our time away. So, it occurred to us to re-think vacation a bit also. It seems to us that “vacation” is a corollary to “retirement”. The root word “vacate” has to do with leaving, emptying, etc. Our goal when we go away is really not vacating, but recreation. We want to re-create, not merely empty. Our goal in getting away is to refresh, step back, enhance, get new ideas flowing, etc. So, we did not really have our “vacation” spoiled by having to do a bit of work while away. We were still able to enjoy all the benefits of the time away and have it serve us well in “re-charging” for the road ahead. So- no retirement and no vacation, but bring on restylement and recreation. They both sound good to us.