I am not quite sure if people set retirement goals, but considering how I will live my life for the next 30 years makes me think I might need to. Certainly not the first of my goals, but on recommendation from a doctor (to slow down my highly active and anxious mind) I enrolled in a course on Meditation and Mindfulness. I set my goals around the things that bring me the greatest pleasures: write, read, exercise, garden, travel, and socialise.
The most important goal or direction I will take is to develop and understand myself by doing inner work. This work is to ensure that my relationships with friends, family, and the community are undertaken in such a way that they are meaningful, purposeful, and loving. My intention is to slow life down, listen, and hear what people are saying.
I acknowledge the work of Robert A. Johnson. Through him, and his Jungian influence, I have learned more about people and relationships than I could have ever have learned from any other.
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