CAR CRASH! More About Why I Changed My Channel's Name

Описание: *I wasn’t going to post this, but decided I should. This day (a week ago) didn't exactly start as planned. 🚗 I headed down to the park for a peaceful walk and talk, but I managed to have a bit of a "fumble" with the pedals and a fence! 🤦‍♀️ After I calmed my nerves, I finally took off on the walk so I could share the real reason behind the name change of this channel.

In today’s video, I’m getting more in-depth about:

The "Car Crash" Incident: A very embarrassing start to my morning.
The Name Change: Moving from "Towards a Simple Life" to "Towards a Simple Retired Life" and what that shift means to me.
My Work History: From music teaching to the corporate world and building my own business.
The Reality of Retirement: Dealing with Long COVID, financial shifts, and why my husband had to head back to work.
The Mental Shift: Why it’s so hard for my brain to accept that I don't have to be "productive" every single minute.
Retirement hasn't been the "empty nest" cruise-filled dream some might expect, especially with eight of us in the house! I'm learning to navigate this new chapter one day at a time, and I wanted to be open about why acknowledging "retirement" is a big part of that.

How has your retirement (or your plan for it) differed from what you imagined? I'd love to hear your stories in the comments.

Thank you so much for being here and for all your support!

(**I actually filmed this before last Friday’s video. I wasn’t sure if I was going to show it to you since I already talked about some of this, but decided to go ahead because it’s like a live event!)