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Transformation-Change-Growth-Wellness in Retirement     by michael-logan

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Not So Retiring

     I am never going to get to do the kind of retirement where one sits on the porch, rocking, and grousing about the neighborhood kids getting on the grass.  Thank God. I am 59 and the father of little ones, which means my last high school graduation will be at age 74, and I might still be on the hook for college until I am 78.   While I have not so much money today, I get to do many things that I love, like bathe and dress my little girl, run my own business, play catch at the park with my son, and spend time with my lovely wife.  Hubba Hubba.  So I am already retired if I get to do things I enjoy with people I love.

I have a business to co-partner with my wife, (Logan Family Counseling) and children to raise, and I am developing websites when my little ball of fire, Miss Hannah Marie, is taking a nap.

So how do we work with change, aging, growing?  Luckily I have had to spend a great deal of time in the last three decades learning the road map to change, so I can recognize some of the issues which arise when it is time once again to change.   (See This Site for a Sense of How I Manage Change)

Actually, managing thinking and physiology are easier than you would think.  Biofeedback, like HeartMath, or heart rate variability biofeedback is an excellent tool for managing physiology heart beat by heart beat.

Chi Gong is an extraordinary tool for gathering and containing Chi, which, given how great it feels to do, is a valid tool for creating health and long life.

And I am not dependent on a pill for either of those experiences.  Once the Heartmath is learned, I can do it whenever I chose to cue it.

Exercise is a key component of the change-growth-transformation continuum. So I get to the YMCA four times per week for systematic exercise.  I say systematic because while I raked the yard yesterday, I only do that once or twice per year, and I cannot fool myself into thinking that is regular exercise.

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Building your own family from custom parts? We have two "custom parts", Hannah Marie and Shane. How do you know which hardware or software to change, buy, or install? Will the parts and programs fit together flawlessly? Relationships change, ebb, and flow. How do you manage the unexpected behaviors appearing when the kid's software evolves? Do you have two careers, two children, two cars, four schedules, four interpretations of data?

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