Happy Tuesday
 I've
been remiss in not bringing you up to date about something exciting. My
husband and I are embarking on a Gap
Year.
Our gap year started June 1, 2013, coinciding with the date that Sam left
31 years of medical practice as a gastroenterologist in DC.
You can follow along as we post to GapYearAfterSixty.com.
And yes, I am 61 and Sam is almost 62. I know that may sound very old to
some of you. But let me give you a little background.
Voxie Media
will move full steam ahead
First, this will not affect the programs and publishing services that
Voxie Media offers. The next Beta
Author program (my 8-week intensive writing class for
business authors) is scheduled for Sept.
5 - Oct. 31, 2013.
It's not too soon to let me know if you are interested. Hit Reply and
shoot me an email with a few words about your eBook project.
The authors who have taken the course have finished and published short
eBooks or made significant strides with their writing.
Yes... And
We're taking a gap year 40 years after you're supposed to take "time
out" before real life begins. Typically, this means either right
before or right after college. Gap year is a British expression but it
has caught on in the U.S.
Of course, we've had a real life. And we're married. So this is a little
meta. But never mind. The idea is the same.
The word
"retirement" isn't in our vocabulary just as it isn't for most
Baby Boomers. We can't afford it. And we're more interested in leaning in
and trying new things than in sitting back.
So we are taking
time to reinvent ourselves before it's too late. We're taking a
"yes... and" approach to life rather than a "no, but...
" This means moving from DC to the coast of Maine (that's me in the
photo above) for a good chunk of this year.
It means not knowing exactly what Sam will be doing a year from now - or
where we will be living.
Uncertainty is
challenging
The biggest
surprise so far is that Sam is quite comfortable with his
newly-unstructured time and freedom from daily routine. He is thinking
and writing about health care reform, about which he feels passionately
and which fueled his decision to leave the practice of medicine.
At the same time, two weeks into our gap year, I am feeling a bit
confused by the uncertainty before us even though I pushed as hard as Sam
did to take this time out.
Highlights of our Gap Year so far
Why It's OK to Have a (Non)Plan for a Gap Year [Debbie]
Stepping Into the Void After 31 Years
[Sam]
Unmoored and Learning to Drift [Debbie...
here's where I talk about feeling scared]
My First Work Day on Sabbatical: Reflections on the
Cost of Colonoscopies [Sam]
As always, I'd
love to hear from you. Hit Reply and I will respond. Or leave a
comment on our Gap
Year blog if you are so moved.
Yours in
reinvention, time out and making a difference before it's too late,
Debbie
Debbie Weil
Founder & CEO, Voxie
Media
Big Ideas. Short Books.™
{eBook publishing and programs for up-and-coming business authors}
email: debbie@voxiemedia.com
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202.255.1467
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