There is a coming change to all my meetings. I’ll be collaborating with a whole new team of people next year for my professional and personal pursuits. The teams of my professional life of the last two and half decades will be replaced with many new ones.

I’ll be joining photo groups and interacting with other artists in hopes of learning and expanding my view of what I can do. I’ll be using old publishing friends who have also retired to critique work, share ideas with, and get feedback.

A few months back an old coworker and special friend talked about working on a project from our past together. We both had setbacks since that meeting but I hope to rekindle that energy and work together.

I’ll be meeting with my better half and children more. I’ll be meeting with friends more often and hosting more events here for them.

A financial team to guide us through our senior years. And of course medical teams. I’m not sure I want to meet often or more new ones of them anytime soon.

I might reach out and expand my team of neighbors. Some old ones we know are moving soon and some new ones we haven’t met with much. I’ll be trying to do some charity work so that will be another team.

Of course, I’d love to expand my online team of new friends and share with more people.

I was never a big fan of meetings but the kind that I can have now leave me looking forward to them.

It looks like I’ll have no trouble filling the void of time the work-life is leaving me to use.

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Random Thoughts of the Day

• Friendships are wonderful. Long-term meaningful ones are a gift to the soul.
• Buckle up East Coast, time for a weather ride.
• I love working on my father’s old desk. It’s a bit small and not made for computers but those things don’t matter at all. One of these days I’ll get it sanded and refinished again and hope that one of my children will take it in the future.
• I love inspirational music.