{"id":96204,"date":"2021-06-26T19:20:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T23:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=96204"},"modified":"2021-06-26T19:22:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T23:22:34","slug":"how-to-make-retirement-look-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/how-to-make-retirement-look-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Retirement Look Easy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How to Make Retirement Look Easy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(for Andy)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019m in awe of those seasoned veterans<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">how they work a hundred years<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">leave legacies to shape generations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They shrug off accomplishment<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">like an old sweatshirt. Lean in, husband,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">let\u2019s be clear:\u00a0 You and I, unlikely superstars,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">visionaries whose thought &amp; actions<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">guide others in whitewaters of corporate<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">calamity, lifting others to their best selves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We don\u2019t need all that show &amp; bravado<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2013\u2013or humility. Some kick-ass, I\u2019m-outta-here<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">it\u2019s-all-about-me hides under our hats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I wait in this garden, watch for your<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">work boots, worn but knowing. Your smile<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">comes first, stepping across furrows<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of fresh time. I think: he\u2019s ready.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Break rules, plant dangerous crops<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">get ready for rides we\u2019ll be taking<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">on our next trips around the sun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">June 26, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Make Retirement Look Easy (for Andy) &nbsp; I\u2019m in awe of those seasoned veterans how they work a hundred years leave legacies to shape generations. They shrug off accomplishment like an old sweatshirt. Lean in, husband, let\u2019s be clear:\u00a0 You and I, unlikely&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3467,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3467"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96232,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96204\/revisions\/96232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}