131 - Retired and Finding Yourself Unexcited by Life’s Work?

I've been running this podcast now since 2017.
It's been a fundamental catalyst in my own journey of self-expression and clarity of purpose. I did not know it was going to happen, I just started because it felt right and because deep down I knew I needed to do something to get what was in my head out. 

The original premise of the show was about uncovering what it takes to live your best life on your terms and how important it is to get your shit together to make that happen.

The trap though is thinking that having your shit together is all that it takes. You can just as easily find meaning and purpose missing, despite doing all the right things in your life.

You can also make amazing things happen even if you don't have it all together.

As I head into the 7th anniversary of the podcast, I am appreciating that it's less about the solo journey of getting your shit together and more about getting together and making cool shit happen. 

And while it's fundamental to do the necessary self work, the real meaningful work happens when you're ready to co-create with others in bigger ways.

 

This episode is for those who are in a moment of reflection on the passage of time of a lived lived and are finding themselves eager to dig in more deeply but unsure of what to do next.

Perhaps it's been a couple years now since you officially retired or you're about to close the final page of a long chapter in your book of life. 

It's an exciting moment, or at least it should be. You have fulfilled on your obligations to society and to the industry you've invested at least a quarter century into. 

60 hour work weeks where the soul focus of you and your peers was getting shit done has been replaced with a new domain to master. 

A new book is ready to be written as of today.

Your own. 

 

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It's time to create a new set of rules to play life by. 
https://www.davidschmeikal.com/recalibration