RETIREMENT OFFERS A RESTFUL RESPITE
The most immediate tangible of retirement is sleeping. I don't have to rise in the morning. I don't have to be in bed by a certain time each night. With only writing and exercising my two imperatives each day, I have more than enough time to accomplish these personal responsibilities.
Going to sleep is the first priority. I pop one milligram of Xanax and wash it down with cough syrup. I have already been reading for a few hours and I continue to turn the pages until I close my eyes and slip into dreamland.
I have restless nights when I dream continuously. Believe it or not. some of my best stories have resulted from nightmares. Once again I learn that from a bad can come a good. It is not uncommon for me to take a trip to the bathroom and throw back another shot of cough syrup. I tell myself I'm doing my lungs a favor by keeping them coated.
There is a confidence as I lie in my bed that I don't have to go to work in the morning. I will argue that this state of being allows me to rest more profoundly.
For the record I'm snoring by midnight and I generally greet the roosters by eight. I shower and thus commences another 24-hour cycle. I am in no hurry, but I never forget that I have to stick to my loose schedule in one way or another if I want to feel positive about myself mentally and physically.
I wish I had penned something more exciting, but my muse is still getting her beauty sleep.
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