A bit of context before you read this post.
Jonathan Clements was diagnosed with lung cancer 11 months ago, a tumor the size of a golf ball, and it had already metastasized. It’s through that lens that you should read his post and also why I’m sharing it.
Many of the things he shares seem a bit mundane. Whether he’s going to pay to stream the Tour de France, lingering in bed an extra hour, etc.
But life is full of the mundane and perhaps we should think about them a bit more than we do.
Tasting Retirement [Humble Dollar] – “As a teenager and when I was in my early 20s, I would take to the couch and happily spend the day consuming a novel. Could I do that at age 62? It seems not.
At some point over the past four decades, I lost the ability to do things solely for my own enjoyment. It seems the endless demands of work, family and household chores have crushed my inner self-absorbed teenager. Am I missing out? I’m not sure.”