{"id":2858,"date":"2026-08-05T16:11:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T22:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/?p=2858"},"modified":"2026-08-05T16:11:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T22:11:37","slug":"keeping-busy-with-the-little-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/keeping-busy-with-the-little-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Busy With The Little Things"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Purple beans in the garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

When a person is older, such as me, there is a tendency to give up big projects and focus on the little things. It’s about energy and focus. I am spending a lot of my waking hours writing. I took up writing in a major way in 2013 following my third retirement. I had written when I was younger, but my focus had been on my career and raising a family. That said, I don’t write all day long. I have a life that needs living and a wife who needs me to be a partner who is present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll talk about today as an example. I woke up an hour before my wife and put on the coffee. Then, I checked out messages and worked on another chapter of my current work in progress. Then it was time to have coffee sitting beside my wife in the living room as it was too wet outside for coffee on the deck. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We went for a six-kilometre walk around our prairie town, zigzagging down streets to get the distance we wanted. Yesterday, we went golfing instead of walking around town. We aren’t stuck records. Back home, we both found a few assorted tasks that needed attention – our house is almost as old as we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, I took time for sunbathing on the back deck. After lunch I picked beans, tipped and tailed them, and then picked up crab apples which had been blown off the tree. It is very windy today with winds gusting to over fifty kilometres per hour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To finish off the afternoon, I returned to working on my story adding another chapter in the process. Evening is approaching and we can honestly say we have done worthwhile things to fill our day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When a person is older, such as me, there is a tendency to give up big projects and focus on the little things. It’s about energy and focus. I am spending a lot of my waking hours writing. I took up writing in a major way in 2013 following my third retirement. I had written when I was younger, but my focus had been on my career and raising a family. That said, I don’t write all day long. I…<\/p>\n

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