✨Highlights and Bombshells💥

[Love_Is_Blonde]

It’s not a competition is it?!? I know a wide and varied bit of rpg history and lore but I’m sure others know plenty I don’t. That’s what makes seminar classes fun though!

I have no horse in this race. I don’t know how to play either. I’ll stick with Catan.

 

[baise]

Teacher For a Day​

Summer is over and school is just about to begin. How did summer slip by so quickly?? Anyway, I’m thinking about this school year and setting goals for myself. “THIS year is going to be different. THIS is the year that I’m going to ___. I’m going to be more organized. This is one part of the job that is really beneficial. There is a fresh start in a way each year. It isn’t the same slog for years on end. You get to start anew and try to do things even better than before.
Ok. All that aside.
Let’s say that YOU had to teach a class. Or you GOT to. You get this wonderful opportunity to teach a class on anything you want to. It can be academic, or a skill or a hobby or a life skill or ANYTHING.

If it is something that is a mature theme, it would be for adult audiences 18+ .
Think Literature, skiing, woodshop, crochet, dog agility, cooking, auto mechanics, ANYTHING.

1. Teacher credentials: What background or experience do you have in this area?​
2. What is the title of your course?​
3. What materials if any will they need for this class?​
4. What would your students be able to do at the end of your class?​
5. How will you collect grades?​
6. What is the recommended next course of study? ​

Have fun and be creative

1) I was a university lecturer in French language and literature, now retired. I am no good at anything else.

2) Existentialism and the Problem of the ‘Other’ in Sarte’s play Huis Clos (No Exit).

3) A copy of the play and some paper and a pen to take notes in case I say anything interesting.

4) Nothing Practical, but they would learn a bit about one of the most influential philosophies of the 20th century and how Sartre brilliantly illustrates abstract ideas in a concrete play.

5) I would get them to write an essay on the play.

6) it would depend on their interests. Perhaps something on the Theatre of the Absurd, another important aspect of French literature in the last century.

It sounds heavy but it can be fun discussing the play

 

[BreukelenAnima]

Lights, Camera…ugh!​

You just heard that your beloved book is being turned into a movie. How do you feel about that? My usual reaction is something between outrage and mortal terror. Oh please ohpleaseohpleaseohplease don’t let them fuck it up. But there have been only a few instances that I can recall in which I felt the movie held a candle to the book.
Cartoonist Tom Gauld captured a few ways that literary works are “enhanced” when turned into a movie. (You can find more of his work in his book, You’re Just Jealous of My Jetpack. )
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My question to you is, what movie do you feel really mangled the book upon which it was based, AND (this is a two-parter), were there any movies that you felt were well done or did a service to the original work? TV shows count, too.

Apologies for being late once again...

One film adaptation that got it completely wrong: Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand. Released more than 20 years ago, it bothers me to this day how the filmmakers missed the mark. The film should have been a classic. This is my favorite "sports" book of all time, and even if you don't like sports, this is an amazing book about a sports underdog and the amazing bond between man and animals. Seabiscuit's story resonated so deeply with Americans during the Great Depression that is was said in 1938, the horse received more media attention than President Roosevelt.
What makes the book so incredibly heartwarming and special is missing in the adaptation.

One that got it right: The Remains of the Day by Kasuo Ishiguro. This is a quiet, yet powerful book that was expertly adapted and perfectly cast with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. A story about regret, suppressed emotions and a longing for connection-- the two story lines in the book / film perfectly mirror one another. Superb acting and direction. This is one of my favorite films from the 90s.

 

[Love_Is_Blonde]

Hey there! Nice to see you!

One film adaptation that got it completely wrong: Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand. Released more than 20 years ago, it bothers me to this day how the filmmakers missed the mark. The film should have been a classic. This is my favorite "sports" book of all time, and even if you don't like sports, this is an amazing book about a sports underdog and the amazing bond between man and animals. Seabiscuit's story resonated so deeply with Americans during the Great Depression that is was said in 1938, the horse received more media attention than President Roosevelt.

I hadn’t thought about this film in ages!

One that got it right: The Remains of the Day by Kasuo Ishiguro. This is a quiet, yet powerful book that was expertly adapted and perfectly cast with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. A story about regret, suppressed emotions and a longing for connection-- the two story lines perfectly mirror one another. Superb acting and direction. This is one of my favorite films from the 90s.

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I never saw this one. I’m going to have to rectify this immediately especially because I love both of these actors so much! Thanks for the recommendation.

 

[hotwords229_A]

The Remains of the Day

I never saw this one. I’m going to have to rectify this immediately especially because I love both of these actors so much! Thanks for the recommendation.

I never read the book, but the movie is excellent. Painfully beautiful.

 

[Endless_Night]

Teacher For a Day​

1. Teacher credentials: What background or experience do you have in this area?​
2. What is the title of your course?​
3. What materials if any will they need for this class?​
4. What would your students be able to do at the end of your class?​

1. I've taught genetics and environmental science to undergraduates. (Part of a Phd course.)
2. How to Make Yourself Crazy in Ten Easy Steps.
3. Their own mind.
4. An ability to introvert and overthink any situation.

On a more serious notte, I don't feel expert enough on any subject to teach.

I could possibly tutor science. Maybe.

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

1. I've taught genetics and environmental science to undergraduates. (Part of a Phd course.)
2. How to Make Yourself Crazy in Ten Easy Steps.
3. Their own mind.
4. An ability to introvert and overthink any situation.

On a more serious notte, I don't feel expert enough on any subject to teach.

I could possibly tutor science. Maybe.

FWIW my one year teaching math taught me that subject matter expertise is a very different skill set than education. And my life as a student has taught me that some of my best teachers weren’t subject matter experts themselves . Juts knew enough to help guide the discussion.

 

[Mei5ter]

Teacher For a Day​

Summer is over and school is just about to begin. How did summer slip by so quickly?? Anyway, I’m thinking about this school year and setting goals for myself. “THIS year is going to be different. THIS is the year that I’m going to ___. I’m going to be more organized. This is one part of the job that is really beneficial. There is a fresh start in a way each year. It isn’t the same slog for years on end. You get to start anew and try to do things even better than before.
Ok. All that aside.
Let’s say that YOU had to teach a class. Or you GOT to. You get this wonderful opportunity to teach a class on anything you want to. It can be academic, or a skill or a hobby or a life skill or ANYTHING.

If it is something that is a mature theme, it would be for adult audiences 18+ .
Think Literature, skiing, woodshop, crochet, dog agility, cooking, auto mechanics, ANYTHING.

1. Teacher credentials: What background or experience do you have in this area?​
2. What is the title of your course?​
3. What materials if any will they need for this class?​
4. What would your students be able to do at the end of your class?​
5. How will you collect grades?​
6. What is the recommended next course of study? ​

Have fun and be creative

I'm going to have to answer this slightly obliquely. I'd be sharing a little more than I'm comfortable with if I'm specific about what I'd teach, and why I might be qualified to do so.

I've done a bit of this, always with adults. Some has been in a more formal academic setting, other things have been creative/musical. I'm much more comfortable saying that I have virtually no formal qualifications to do either of these things, which is true if slightly disingenuous.

What has interested me is how the people I've taught/trained/lectured have behaved differently in different settings.

For more formal academic things, it's felt very adult-to-adult. It clearly doesn't feel anything like school to them - much more like a workplace environment - and I didn't feel as if I was in charge and knew stuff while they weren't and didn't.

For amateur music...completely different. If you're directing a bunch of amateur musicians, people revert to a grown up version of school. You get the grown up versions of the kids you remember - the one who's always late, the one who never has their music, the hyper-keen boy asking pretentious questions, the three girls who are always giggling but annoyingly know exactly where you are, the vague boy who's looking the wrong way, the kid who drops their pencil...all of them. And somehow that environment makes all those adults revert.

And yes, speaking for myself as a straight man, that does include grown up versions of the girls who have one too many uniform buttons undone, and the girls who want attention, and definitely the girls who love being told off for being naughty. It sounds such a cliché. Maybe it is? But it happens, and I could make a guess at why it happens in that setting rather than the more academic one.

Lit choir camp anyone?

We could be the OK Chorale?

 

[Endless_Night]

FWIW my one year teaching math taught me that subject matter expertise is a very different skill set than education. And my life as a student has taught me that some of my best teachers weren’t subject matter experts themselves . Juts knew enough to help guide the discussion.

One hundred percent agreed.

It's rather more in the nature of a personal quirk. I feel like I need to know a subject thoroughly, inside and out. For those people who ask questions outside the class proscribed subjection. Like myself.

 

[Love_Is_Blonde]

FWIW my one year teaching math taught me that subject matter expertise is a very different skill set than education. And my life as a student has taught me that some of my best teachers weren’t subject matter experts themselves . Juts knew enough to help guide the discussion.

And you’ve got to be ready for the inevitability that at some point in your career, you’re going to have students in your classes who are smarter than you are. I hate to admit it, but it’s true. There’s nothing worse than a teacher who does anything he or she can to look like he or she is NEVER wrong or has never made a mistake in life. Talk about a stunted opportunity.

No, in the instances where the teacher clearly isn’t the expert, you all put on your “learning hats” together and explore! Not only do you learn the subject matter, but you learn that no matter how old you get, you never stop learning.

 

[Mrtenant]

Teacher For a Day​

Summer is over and school is just about to begin. How did summer slip by so quickly?? Anyway, I’m thinking about this school year and setting goals for myself. “THIS year is going to be different. THIS is the year that I’m going to ___. I’m going to be more organized. This is one part of the job that is really beneficial. There is a fresh start in a way each year. It isn’t the same slog for years on end. You get to start anew and try to do things even better than before.
Ok. All that aside.
Let’s say that YOU had to teach a class. Or you GOT to. You get this wonderful opportunity to teach a class on anything you want to. It can be academic, or a skill or a hobby or a life skill or ANYTHING.

If it is something that is a mature theme, it would be for adult audiences 18+ .
Think Literature, skiing, woodshop, crochet, dog agility, cooking, auto mechanics, ANYTHING.

1. Teacher credentials: What background or experience do you have in this area?​

None in the traditional sense. I have only volunteered as a coach in football, volleyball, and basketball. I've done some JA. Volunteered for Field Day and Fall Festival school events. - feels like a job interview here Ran the chess club and robotics club

1. What is the title of your course?​

American Civics While White Water Rafting

1. What materials if any will they need for this class?​

Life vest, helmet, permission slip

1. What would your students be able to do at the end of your class?​

How to fund raise, run for political office, know their constitution, separation of church and state, paddle left, paddle right,

1. How will you collect grades?​

Whoever survives the day

1. What is the recommended next course of study? ​

Running a Nonprofit While Cliff Climbing

Have fun and be creative

Of course

 

[Love_Is_Blonde]

Meme shopping day:

 

[Endless_Night]

Meme shopping day:
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Excellent!

 

[Love_Is_Blonde]

A question on day 2 of school…
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What are you going to do when you “retire”? But seriously… where do you imagine yourself living? What sort of house? What sort of climate? What do you imagine yourself doing all day?

I’m way off from this but a girl can dream, right?

Good lord I loathe the first month of school.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Teacher For a Day​

Summer is over and school is just about to begin. How did summer slip by so quickly?? Anyway, I’m thinking about this school year and setting goals for myself. “THIS year is going to be different. THIS is the year that I’m going to ___. I’m going to be more organized. This is one part of the job that is really beneficial. There is a fresh start in a way each year. It isn’t the same slog for years on end. You get to start anew and try to do things even better than before.
Ok. All that aside.
Let’s say that YOU had to teach a class. Or you GOT to. You get this wonderful opportunity to teach a class on anything you want to. It can be academic, or a skill or a hobby or a life skill or ANYTHING.

If it is something that is a mature theme, it would be for adult audiences 18+ .
Think Literature, skiing, woodshop, crochet, dog agility, cooking, auto mechanics, ANYTHING.

1. Teacher credentials: What background or experience do you have in this area?​
2. What is the title of your course?​
3. What materials if any will they need for this class?​
4. What would your students be able to do at the end of your class?​
5. How will you collect grades?​
6. What is the recommended next course of study? ​

Have fun and be creative

I might teach a class on theater etiquette. I'm a frequent theater-goer and my theater experiences are still 95% positive, but they used to be 98% positive (and most of the negatives came from the distinct lack of legroom in theater seating, which other patrons have no control over).

The title of the course would be: Theater Etiquette 101 - "From the Front Row to the Peanut Gallery: How to Not Be a Dick"

Students would need to bring a basic sense of human decency.

By the end of class they would know how to:
1. Arrive to the theater and find their seats before the show starts.
2. Not sing along with the cast (unless it's a designated sing-along production).
3. Keep their phones in their pockets during performances.
4. Shut the hell up during performances.
5. Not talk shit about the show while still in the theater (you never know if that person next to you is one of the actor's moms or something).
6. Dress appropriately (smart casual is fine for most shows, but for the love of God, please don't wear ripped jeans and a stanky t-shirt to the Met).

Students will be graded after a trip to a Broadway show. The fewer times I have to facepalm at their behavior, the higher their grade.

The next course of study would be: Theater Etiquette 102 - "When to Clap at the Symphony"

A question on day 2 of school…
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What are you going to do when you “retire”? But seriously… where do you imagine yourself living? What sort of house? What sort of climate? What do you imagine yourself doing all day?

I’m way off from this but a girl can dream, right?

Good lord I loathe the first month of school.

Well, like most people who were born after the Boomers pulled the ladder up after them, my retirement plan is to work until I'm dead. But if there happens to be a sudden course-correct in compensation and retirement policies (or if I happen to hit the Powerball), we'd retire somewhere cold. We've often talked about retiring to the coast of Maine. Just a small Cape house - nothing fancy. Someplace where you can still feel winter and where summer isn't too too oppressive. We'd watch movies and play board games and be the oldest motherfuckers at the game store playing 5e D&D (when everyone else is playing 14th Edition). We'd go for morning walks on the beach and spend evenings at the community theater watching their modern interpretation of "Pygmalion" (now with more lasers!). And, if all goes well, the kids will call us sometimes even when they don't need money. That's the dream right there.

 

[SimonSex]

A question on day 2 of school…
​

What are you going to do when you “retire”? But seriously… where do you imagine yourself living? What sort of house? What sort of climate? What do you imagine yourself doing all day?

I’m way off from this but a girl can dream, right?

Good lord I loathe the first month of school.

Retirement for me is less than a handful of years away, and I actually know the date of my final work day. For those younger folks out there just embarking on a career, pay yourself first and begin saving for retirement from day one. I did and it will enable me to retire sooner than I had imagined. Even a small amount of savings at first will eventually grow.

While I love my career (it really is a dream job), I look forward with great joy to the day when I no longer have that responsibility. My preference is to exit while I still feel that I am at the top of my game, and not “that guy” who no longer can pull his weight.

When contemplating retirement, I recommend making a check list of priorities for you and your significant other. There are far too many many categories to list here, but for me, it came down to the things that bring the most happiness and helped to simplify life. Here a few items high on my priority list:
- excellent air quality
- close to nature
- close (but not too close) to the ocean
- proximity to an airport
- proximity to arts & culture
- good health care facilities
- community engagement

The plan is to have a custom home built on property that was purchased some years ago. This takes a HUGE amount of planning and thought, but imagining a space that compliments your lifestyle is trickier than anticipated.

What will I do with myself all day? For me, it will be primarily outdoors and in nature. There are some aspects of my current career that can carry forward if I wish, but on a much smaller scale and at my discretion. Travel, and lots of it.
Gardening, hiking, cycling, kayaking, SUPing, archery, bee keeping, workouts, skiing, cooking, reading, writing, volunteering, activism…It’s more like, what won’t I be doing?

 

[Love_Is_Blonde]

I might teach a class on theater etiquette. I'm a frequent theater-goer and my theater experiences are still 95% positive, but they used to be 98% positive (and most of the negatives came from the distinct lack of legroom in theater seating, which other patrons have no control over).

But standing up and sitting down over and over and over again because people are late or want random snacks mid show, but then they stand there and have a conversation while you’re standing up, but then they decided they want their purse that they left at the seat… that can get to be tiresome.

The title of the course would be: Theater Etiquette 101 - "From the Front Row to the Peanut Gallery: How to Not Be a Dick"

I am all for this.

Students would need to bring a basic sense of human decency.

By the end of class they would know how to:
1. Arrive to the theater and find their seats before the show starts.

2. Not sing along with the cast (unless it's a designated sing-along production).

3. Keep their phones in their pockets during performances.

4. Shut the hell up during performances.

5. Not talk shit about the show while still in the theater (you never know if that person next to you is one of the actor's moms or something).

6. Dress appropriately (smart casual is fine for most shows, but for the love of God, please don't wear ripped jeans and a stanky t-shirt to the Met).

Students will be graded after a trip to a Broadway show. The fewer times I have to facepalm at their behavior, the higher their grade.

The next course of study would be: Theater Etiquette 102 - "When to Clap at the Symphony"

Love these ideas!!

Well, like most people who were born after the Boomers pulled the ladder up after them, my retirement plan is to work until I'm dead. But if there happens to be a sudden course-correct in compensation and retirement policies (or if I happen to hit the Powerball), we'd retire somewhere cold.

Ooh somewhere cold! The opposite of a snowbird!

We've often talked about retiring to the coast of Maine. Just a small Cape house - nothing fancy. Someplace where you can still feel winter and where summer isn't too too oppressive. We'd watch movies and play board games and be the oldest motherfuckers at the game store playing 5e D&D (when everyone else is playing 14th Edition). We'd go for morning walks on the beach and spend evenings at the community theater watching their modern interpretation of "Pygmalion" (now with more lasers!). And, if all goes well, the kids will call us sometimes even when they don't need money. That's the dream right there.

This sounds lovely and I can see you there very clearly.

Retirement for me is less than a handful of years away, and I actually know the date of my final work day. For those younger folks out there just embarking on a career, pay yourself first and begin saving for retirement from day one. I did and it will enable me to retire sooner than I had imagined. Even a small amount of savings at first will eventually grow.

This is such good advice. Idk why this seems so simple because I suppose it is, but man it has been so difficult to do - I’m referring to paying oneself first. It’s not even a discipline thing. It’s easy to just have it drafted out of my check. For me it’s just the finality of locking up that money for such a long time. It’s scary to do that.

While I love my career (it really is a dream job), I look forward with great joy to the day when I no longer have that responsibility. My preference is to exit while I still feel that I am at the top of my game, and not “that guy” who no longer can pull his weight.

This resonates with me. Heavily.

When contemplating retirement, I recommend making a check list of priorities for you and your significant other. There are far too many many categories to list here, but for me, it came down to the things that bring the most happiness and helped to simplify life. Here a few items high on my priority list:
- excellent air quality
- close to nature
- close (but not too close) to the ocean
- proximity to an airport
- proximity to arts & culture
- good health care facilities
- community engagement

Yes! To help have these factors spelled out, there’s a card game called Personal Space that can be played with a partner or by yourself that runs through all sorts of scenarios which sheds light on what you find important and need to include in your retirement plans for where you are going to live. For example, are animals and pets important to you? Well you are going to need a residence where you can bathe them, or walk them, or be close enough to a groomer or vet. Maybe access to a dog walker, etc. Maybe you need a big yard. Maybe you need to see if you need a large yard.

The plan is to have a custom home built on property that was purchased some years ago. This takes a HUGE amount of planning and thought, but imagining a space that compliments your lifestyle is trickier than anticipated.

What will I do with myself all day? For me, it will be primarily outdoors and in nature. There are some aspects of my current career that can carry forward if I wish, but on a much smaller scale and at my discretion. Travel, and lots of it.

I have no idea what I want to do. I know what I DON’T want. And that is to just sit around all day.

Gardening, hiking, cycling, kayaking, SUPing, archery, bee keeping, workouts, skiing, cooking, reading, writing, volunteering, activism…It’s more like, what won’t I be doing?

Love this!

 

[BreukelenAnima]

A question on day 2 of school…
​

What are you going to do when you “retire”? But seriously… where do you imagine yourself living? What sort of house? What sort of climate? What do you imagine yourself doing all day?

I’m way off from this but a girl can dream, right?

aGood lord I loathe the first month of school.

A small, modest house near the beach on the island of Kauai -- something between a bungalow and a million dollar home. I own a large crate with about forty books inside it -- stored away and designated as my "retirement reading." I'll take with me my three prized possessions: my crate of books, a good chessboard, and a restaurant grade blender for frozen cocktails.

I'm nowhere near this, but if a girl (our facilitator) can dream, I guess a boy can as well.

And a well-timed, hearty laugh from Love_Is_Blonde. I also loathe the first month of school, but I'd also add the long month of September with no days off after Labor Day and leading into half of October.

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

A question on day 2 of school…
​

What are you going to do when you “retire”? But seriously… where do you imagine yourself living? What sort of house? What sort of climate? What do you imagine yourself doing all day?

I’m way off from this but a girl can dream, right?

Good lord I loathe the first month of school.

There a lot to unpack in the question. Being honest I think I’ve spent my life sort of assuming I wouldn’t get too old, men in my family just don’t (for lots of reasons not just genetically related traits, but still) so I’ve never really thought too hard about it.

I did recently buy a business that knock on wood I can run with the assistance of my wife and son until I die. Because I don’t really want to have nothing to do. Covid taught me that I’m not gonna write the great American novel or learn French or play the guitar no matter how much free time I have . So responsibilities and work are good for me. I like them. I just like them on my terms.

And I like where we are. The river is pretty. We get a little snow but not too much.

Fingers crossed nothing medically terrible that requires more than the somewhat limited rural facilities can handle happens.

Also, I fucking hate golf.

 

[hotwords229_A]

I’m terrible at planning things and retirement sounds boring to me. Not that I want to work forever, but I assume I’ll continue doing something. Not knowing what that will be is more exciting to me than planning on something.

I’ve wung it this far, so I’ll continue winging it.

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

I’m terrible at planning things and retirement sounds boring to me. Not that I want to work forever, but I assume I’ll continue doing something. Not knowing what that will be is more exciting to me than planning on something.

I’ve wung it this far, so I’ll continue winging it.

 

[Apisto42]

A question on day 2 of school…
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What are you going to do when you “retire”? But seriously… where do you imagine yourself living? What sort of house? What sort of climate? What do you imagine yourself doing all day?

I’m way off from this but a girl can dream, right?

Good lord I loathe the first month of school.

I thought I was way off from this, but since the clusterfuck of this administration decided federal workers were evil, I’m currently retired. Planning on going back to work though. It came at an opportune time though. Primarily retired life for me is helping my wife while she’s fighting cancer, so that sucks, but at some point we’re going to do a lot of traveling while continuing to do a lot of artistic stuff.

 

[cheekygirl75]

Teacher credentials: What background or experience do you have in this area?​

I was a teacher (mostly English as another language) for about 7 years

What is the title of your course?

How to figure out any computer program

What materials if any will they need for this class?

A computer and random software

What would your students be able to do at the end of your class?​

They would be able to at least figure out the basics of most computer programs or where to find out more on how to use it

How will you collect grades?

Have them do projects

What is the recommended next course of study?

A specific course on whatever program

My answers are boring but it’s from an actual class I used to teach that I have to say I was really good at. It was a basic Office skills class that did the basics of Word & Excel, but I tried to make sure the students knew how to figure things out for themselves.

 

[Mrtenant]

A question on day 2 of school…
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What are you going to do when you “retire”? But seriously… where do you imagine yourself living? What sort of house? What sort of climate? What do you imagine yourself doing all day?

I’m way off from this but a girl can dream, right?

Good lord I loathe the first month of school.

Keep moving until my body disintegrates into stardust and flies off in a solar wind.

Seriously, whether I'm working, playing, or whatever, Ima keep on moving this stuff around. Hiking, biking, swimming, fucking.

I think I want to move into the mountains. Create a place for my descendants to live centuries from now. Probably not near Yellowstone- I mean, nowhere else on earth says powderkeg better. Pretty there, but shit, just say no to volcano.

 

[Mei5ter]

A question on day 2 of school…
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What are you going to do when you “retire”? But seriously…

I don't want to retire. I want to work less, and in a way which will fit my age and experience. But I have a very long list of things I haven't yet done, places I haven't yet been, and causes I'd like to support. I want the financial autonomy to do all those things properly. And I also want time to write and think.

Retirement is when I'm past it. I don't want to be past it. I want to be looking forward to the best things yet to come.

where do you imagine yourself living? What sort of house?

Either where I am now, or I'll upgrade to a castle. Know any princesses?

What sort of climate? What do you imagine yourself doing all day?

The fun bits of what I do now, with the dull bits replaced by other, more interesting ones.

And more sex. Definitely more of that.

I’m way off from this but a girl can dream, right?

Indeed she can

Good lord I loathe the first month of school.

I know. You're coming off the high from buying all the stationery and supplies, and then suddenly it's the grim reality of cardboard boxes and meetings. But the boxes will eventually be flattened, and even the longest strategy meetings have to end when a critical mass of bladders need the bathroom.

You'll get there. You always do.