Tuesday Prompt

How do you want to retire?

“I wish I could retire in a way that all the subtle mild annoyances of daily life evaporated. No one would question what I contributed to the world and respect it with their full heart. My commute would be next to non-existent, but still get me away to be able to disconnect in the woods. Where these woods would actually be safe with a full perimeter of security, yet I have the ultimate privacy and discretion. I would be popular enough for everyone to perk up when I walk into the room and be invited to everything and anything I would ever want to be a part of, yet, no real adversaries or obsessed stalkers that would try to break into my house or events. I could work and somehow I have the energy for what I contribute, while leaving whenever I want to. I contribute to the humanities while advising the technical community. Ultimately it would be guided towards philanthropy with the proper help that it does not wear me down so I wake up and go through all my waking hours fully rested and alert. I want full depth of my personality with no controlling behavior of fitting myself into a palatable mold for the world because they recognize that I earned it to live this way. That of course and to live with my love.” Audrey said waiting for Jay to say his own vision.