What Do You Do?

 

 

"Cypher"

Nikon D90
Nikkor 18.0-105.0mm Lens
Lightroom

A lot of people ask me what I do with my time since I've retired. In response, I find myself concocting a list of activities that will sound substantial enough to validate my continued existence. After all - in The Empire - if you're not "working" you're nothing, a cypher, suspect, possibly even one of those shiftless "takers."   Tiresome.    I mean - I worked professionally for nearly forty years in an industry I had Absolutely.No.Interest in. The only thing that kept me going was money for the family & me and the stories people told me about their lives.   That's long enough right?    I think the Cistercian monk Thomas Merton was on point when he said/wrote:   What I do is live. How I pray is breathe. What I wear is pants.   Maybe a t-shirt is in order....   Or some 'non-business' cards....   ~