So this week — spring break — is a dress rehearsal for retirement. It’s not going too bad thus far, but how much vacation can one man stand? Seriously, though, much of my thinking time is unavoidably devoted to imagining what it will be like to be retired. But with too little meaningful engagement in creating a plan of action.

This latest retirement plan (from teaching) is similar to my rationale for my first retirement (from engineering). I’m deciding that I need to do something different without thoroughly thinking it through. However, even if I put together a matrix of pros and cons, complete with weightings, I would likely make the same decision, regardless of the bottom line from the matrix. That’s just me — impetuous. Being this way has gotten me into unpleasantness before, but it’s never stopped me from using this ‘method’ as my version of a coin flip.

I am asking for God’s blessing in all this and believe that I am open to what He might ask me to do. I hope I am not deceiving myself in that regard.

Jesus, I trust in You.