"The horse is symbolic of energetic and financial volatility and impulsiveness, including taking on various new projects with variable success, and borrowing and spending money."
Now to contemplate how that fits in with my year. Implusiveness - yes, on almost the spur of the moment I "retired." New projects - none yet, but I have been reaching out to recruiters for part-time and/or contract work, as welll as updated my Maven profile in hopes of attracting some "business." Spending money - well, that will be obvious. My retirement "pensions" plus social security allowance won't cover my monthly expenses, so I will be spending all those hard earned dollars.
I had hope that the Chinese Zodiac would predict changes in a positive manner, but it appears this could be a year of uncertainty. As for volatility - I have been listening to CNBC today (Power Lunch, for example) and the stock market currently is going nuts in a positive direction. Maybe I should verify my portfolio.
Week four of retirement is about to bring the shift in focus. I have completed two books this week ("DASH DIet for Weight Loss" and "Big Russ & Me"), both non-fiction; as opposed to last week's reading fest of "King & Maxwell" (shear action fiction). The shift, which isn't complete, included cleaning of the bathroom and starting the chores around the house that need to be completed. The kitchen was tackled a week ago, and all has either been put away (in a permenant spot) or moved to the next room that will be cleaned.
The bathroom project included emptying the drawers and cupboards under the sink. That resulted in a full trash bag of out-of-date medications and what-have-yous. I was feeling very justified.
I used my "electric" floor mop, and am about to put it out for a garage sale or "free cycling." I have determined that an old fashion mop does a much better job. Amazing I didn't notice this in the past.
Snow is on the way - oh, joy. With luck it will hold off until after I return home tonight - annual "Engineer's Week" banquet in Champaign. I feel an obligation to attend, because I am now a life member of ASCE. As I recall many of last year's participants fit that category.
Retirement - still a little too early to tell, but give me a couple more weeks. In the meanwhile, I will contemplate the meaning of this Year of the Horse and attempt to make a correlation with my life.
This is the year of the "earth horse," and I was born in the year of the "earth rat." These two are not close on the compatibility scale. The Earth designation, however, is an "in-between" state. I suspect that because the horse and the rat have "no relationship" and we are in the earth phase, this Year of the Horse with its volatility should not have an impact on those of us in the "rat" category. At least I can hope that is true.
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves; we are underlings."
~William Shakespeare
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