Retirement Contemplation Gifts

Middle-Of-Life Choices

At the end of each day, Gary had approximately 7 minutes of free time – which left him feeling very vulnerable.

"Ooh, ooh, I know this koan! I got it! Pick me! Pick me!"

'Hey! Contemplate your own navel!'

Maximilian could see far away places,but he never told anyone.

"The overthinker"

"Geez, from way up here it almost looks like there’s hope for humanity."

"I've switched my energy provider, and I switched my broadband provider. Now I want to switch my misery provider."

"I could catch a bicyclist, well maybe not a bicyclist, but I could catch a jogger, definitely."

Zenemies.

"Wait... what was it I came up here for?"

"My career's in shreds, but on the bright side, so are my files."

'Are you not thinking what I'm not thinking?'

"Lately, I've been trying to spend less time staring at the glowing orb."

"If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! … Emerson" "Good boy!"

Not much money, glory, or praise

"I've thought about retiring, but there's a great deal of gravity under this chair."

"After searching for the sun all night, it finally dawned on me..."

'Being a nobody isn't so bad...You don't have to worry about becoming a has-been.'

Thought bubble mirrors the cloud in the sky.

"Two roads diverged in a wood and I... I... I..."

If I could sell my experience for half of what it cost me I could retire.

"How come I can't remember what I forget, but I always remember that I forgot something!"

Guys looks in the mirror and sees himself as a prisoner.

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

'It's normal -- Enlightenment freaks a lot of people out.'

Ever thought of early retirement?

'Hey! - why bicker all evening when we could be watching a film about ideological genocide.'

'Sometimes I think about getting away from all this and get a job as a cab driver in New York city...'

"Is it just me, or do these sculptural forms of light and shadow make you think about the ephemeral nature of life, the spirituality of the moment eclipsing our futile quest for cheese?"

'At least hanging around street corners reminds us we're at a crossroads in our lives.'

"Exactly what is this 'nothing' I've been hearing so much about?"

"I got my wife a book on decluttering and the first thing to go was me."

Soren Kierkegaard