New Tricks, and all that...

When you're only months away from that free bus pass, maybe you should start to think about hobbies and relaxation. And with seven grandchildren looking up to me, perhaps I should behave in a sensible grown up way.
But then "sensible" has never been the way of it. Who else would have provided the gossip for them to write in their school diaries? How else would they have learned to play cards for money!
Seriously though. I think there's a mistake we can easily make as we "mature" in life. We learn lots. We gain experience. We actually do acquire wisdom. Then we waste it all by becoming sensible. Conventional and expected behaviour starts off the decline, and then before long self-limiting beliefs finish us off. Hello Gardening and golf!
Thanks to the grandchildren and stilts I saw those dreaded self-limiting beliefs and stepped over them. "Do you want a go on the stilts Grandad?" "No, I can't" I lamely replied, thinking in a mix of "probably couldn't and shouldn't anyway." Then inspired (or shamed) by the company of can do kids I said "Hang on give, them here." Three stumbling attempts and then "look at me I can stiltwalk!"

So let's stop worrying about gloomy pension forecasts. Look at the other investment we've been carefully accumulating all these years. What we know and what we can do!
Get out there and maximise the return on that investment! Step over those self-limiting beliefs. Do something new and unexpected. Launch a new business. Make a difference for others. Learn some new tricks!