Avoid Rigid Plans

Written by Sarah Davis

A key challenge of the transition is giving up the notion that our time should be, ought to be structured in some way. In fact, giving up ‘should’ and ‘ought’ in our language is a good starting point. We won’t of course give them up entirely; we will still have to, or want to, honour some obligations to people, family, and friends, and commitments we have made. But notice how often ‘should’ or ‘ought’ comes into our language: treat them like weeds to be tackled continuously, in order to make room for flowers to grow!

So, it is sensible not to rush into making firm decisions about how we will use our new freedom. We may have been more tired than we realised when…