Here's A Plan...

Today is the second day of this week off, and I am only five weeks away from retirement. I am thinking about what I am going to do next, and things are coming into focus - sorta, kinda, well, it changes all the time. I am hoping that this is something that most retirees go through; the lack of a plan which makes it scary and exhilarating at the same time. I will be sending my pension information to the state offices on Tuesday to get my first pension payment at the end of July. I found a way to get some documents that I need to prove that I am who I am, so I will be sending my information in when the post office opens up again. That is the final step in this pension process, and it was my quest to get it finished before this time but the state of Texas screwed up my document request. Oh well.

Here's the start of my plan:

I enjoy sharing information with other people, especially with other music therapists.

I love making things for music therapists to use to enhance their interactions with clients of all sorts. Tools, visuals, therapeutic music experiences, and novelty things that others can use.

I want to share my experience with others in ways that are easily accessible to music therapy clinicians.

I do not want to stop being a music therapist with clients, but I am unsure how to move from wanting to do this to actually doing it while I am still where I currently live.

I want to help other music therapists navigate the world of music therapy.

Attrition has always been a interest of mine. Why do therapists leave the profession? How can we equip current and future therapists to be able to be in the profession for their career spans?

I want to have fun in my next music therapy iteration. 

I want to do things that bring me joy and also help supplement my upcoming pension (which I am not sure will pay what I need it to pay to continue to have a home and enough money to do the things that I want to do).

I am hoping that I will be able to get all the things that I want to do coordinated by the end of this calendar year. I at least want them all started so I can see how much work is part of the process. It is time to start.

That's the start of the plan... 

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