Peace of Mind

 

Peace of mind is directly correlated to one's sense of success and accomplishment, consequently, this state of mind is not realized until much later in life, like right before retirement or right after retirement, so one might say between the ages of 60-70.

However, since peace of mind is often related to MONEY, many artists and musicians, for instance reach a sense of accomplishment, success, and contentment (peace of mind) early in life, well before the age of 40-50.  BUT, there is a downside to that early success that revolves around:  WHAT DO I DO NEXT?

Since peace of mind is multifaceted, I can only describe my peace of mind because that is the one which I am obviously directly connected with.

Throughout my working career, I was relatively content and happy because I was doing what I enjoyed but constantly stressed out because of my supervisors, management, and co-workers who tried to undermine so they could be promoted to my position.

I was clever enough to survive all of that but the stress that was associated with that took a toll on me both mentally and physically.

RETIREMENT...  got me away from that pressure and it took several years to cleanse my body of that toxicity and influence on my behavior.

Fortunately, my wife and I had the mindset to plan for our retirement and when it came time for that to happen at ages 67 and 62, we were both pleasantly surprise to see how much wealth we had amassed.  While we are NOT WEALTHY, we have enough saved to live a comfortable life, very similar if not identical to the one we were living while working.

That financial security gave us both a high level of PEACE OF MIND.

With finances out of the way, we could focus on enriching our own lives, doing what we wanted to do and not what we had to do.

• My wife stopped cooking, so I took up the task of cooking.
• My wife got involved with K-Dramas and now is involved in teaching herself the history of Korea, China, and Japan
• We go on two vacations a year
• We enjoy family and friends
• We downsized our house and yard to lessen the upkeep and maintenance required.
• We exercise, eat healthy, and get plenty of sleep.
• I make sure that I leave the house for appointments, so I don't have to drive fast.
• I maintain two blogs daily and write novels

This is what peace of mind means to my wife and I.