I love taking road trips. It’s something about disconnecting from the world for a short time and having some time to myself. I actually enjoy the time in the car, cruising at four miles per hour over the speed limit. My kids tease me when I comment on a car that flies by, “there goes another rabbit.” Let the wolves (police) chase the rabbits, I’m on cruise control and not a very tasty treat for them.

I’ve graduated from listening to music to preferring podcasts. I’ve tried listening to books, but for some reason I prefer the “real life” of podcasts and learning something new, instead of just listening to a “story.” Ironically, I’m working on two different books — stories — with great hopes, the hopes of everyone that ‘writes.’ But then again, isn’t everyone you know writing a book? Seems that way.

Lately my podcasts of choice is of the productivity and “how I work” flavor. I love to listen to people’s productivity and workflow and how they’ve solved — hacked — their personal needs. I actually am jealous when I hear techies talk about grabbing their laptop, and living in a startup type environment, as if work is a secondary thought to the super-duper-cool atmosphere and freedom.

Okay, I’m not totally brave enough for this type of world. I have a need for security and for what this provides for my family. I am a little spoiled right now, facing retirement in two months, and available to choose my next path. It makes me wonder, if this security didn’t exist, what would I be doing differently? Possibly taking a traditional route of going back to school, gain another degree, then solicit jobs by waving my graduate diploma like a flag in the air. Again, not sure that I would be brave enough to follow the techie world fantasy.

I listen to my podcasts and think, “That would be fun!” Then I settle back into my logical, conservative side and ponder about what I would actually discuss on a podcast. More than not, it would end up as a sort of gumbo soup of family, nerdness, Apple love, writing, productivity, chocolate, motorcycles, retirement, gym, aging, relationships, challenges, successes, life musings, life ponderings, and doing my best to stay away from politics (and would fail now and again). From soup to nuts, really good bisque soup, and the nuts that I meet along the way. And weight loss, will always be chasing that monster. You mean you don’t? Well flippin’ whoopty congrats to you bucko! Sorry, can be a touchy subject to the rest of us.

Okay, when I count to three, you will slowly back out of my mind and back into the real world…with three, two, one, <snap>.

Hope you survived the ride. Drink plenty of water and take a couple of your favorite pain pills. The headache should slowly subside. If not, try some chocolate and turn on your favorite podcast…

My cure for everything…
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