Friday, February 27, 2009

Hmmmm....retirement. Most importantly, it hardly seems possible that I can be at this point in my life where not only can I think about retirement but I can do it. Retirement for me means bringing an end to my career in Student Affairs.

In case you may not know who Larry Bird is, he was #33 of the Boston Celtics and played for Boston from 1979 to 1992. You never heard Larry complain about anything,the game, his contract, his fellow teammates. He played basketball for the love of the game and he was good at it. He knew when to retire from the Celtics and did so when he still loved the game and still could play the game. I always said that I wanted to do the Larry-Bird, i.e. retire when I still loved the work and could still do the work. That time is now and I will step away from my game on the first of July - about four months from now!