discipline

of course, work took up a huge amount of time, and energy ...

in return, of course, my employer paid me ...

how are we going to make this ( retirement ) work ...

time

how did I ever find time / to go to work ...

there is so much to be done / but I am not as desperate / as I was ...

week one

ok, difficult, on the whole ...

putting on a show with encore has been challenging / possibly a good thing, as I deal with being, for the time being, retired // some uncomfortable thoughts / wondering if I should have abandoned musical theatre / and saved the energy // perhaps I could have managed to make the job work // I did try, for a few months ...

personal challenges / family challenges // early days, though ...