Retirement Goals

I have always been a goal setter.  So I hopped right to it upon retirement. 
Here goes --  my retirement goals.  I will post my progress here as time goes by.

1. Learn to draw/paint.
2.  Learn to speak Spanish.
3.  Learn calligraphy.
4.  Learn to play the piano better.
5.  Publish another book.
6.  Establish a speaking/teaching ministry.
7.  Declutter my house.
8.  Add to my website design business. 
9.  Seek ministry opportunities with the spiritually and physically needy, at home and abroad.
10. Travel

I'm sure there will be more as time goes by, but for now these are the things I am working on.

Retirement

After 30 years in the education field, I retired in June of 2010.  The decision was made after much deliberation and soul-searching and was not an easy one to make.  Several events encouraged me to take the plunge and I finally did it.

I was encouraged by the scripture that just "happened" to be on display at church every Sunday for months.

Isaiah 43:18-19
"Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.  Behold I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it?  I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert."

I am looking forward to the "new thing" God is going to do in my life after retirement.  I am convinced that retirement is not a period, but a comma in my life.  I'm looking forward to many exciting things to follow.