Filling Time: TwinLife Empty-Nesting
The next stage of TwinLife
Category: Exhaustion
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I didn’t think that filling time by sitting on the couch would be fulfilling. But after two weeks of travel, it’s what I needed. I was worn down from days spent moving from hotel rooms to sleeping on a blow up mattress at my brother’s, and after the “two planes, three trains, and an automobile”…
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I’m at my computer at 10:00 at night, sifting through my personal email. Basically this involves deleting “promotions, social, updates, and forums” while managing whatever came into the “primary” tab on my gmail. I appreciate that Google sorts them. I know that I could enable an AI agent to help me do the sifting. But…
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I was moving Christmas trees to be loaded onto a delivery truck when my phone rang. “We decided to head to my parents,” my husband said. My heart did a little flip-flop because I knew that I would not be able to say a proper goodbye to my son, who was heading back to college…
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November was a full month. Between visiting my kids at their respective colleges and my professional commitments, I had little time to fill. In fact, this year I backed off of some volunteer commitments that normally fill my time Thanksgiving weekend simply because I knew I could not physically (nor mentally) handle them. I also…
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November is always a full month, and this year was particularly busy. I spent the first weekend with my son, the second weekend with my daughter, and this past weekend with my professional family at a conference in Denver. I’m currently reflecting on my last week from a hotel room in Virginia, where I’m waiting…
Filling Time: TwinLife Empty-Nesting 