Live your life. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 209)

Live your life. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 209)

Many years ago, I had a 90+ old neighbour who, after a life working as a hairdresser, still had clients.

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I asked her: “I love this, so you are never going to retire?!”

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She replied: “I haven’t taken on new clients in decades, and my old clients keep dying off, so I have fewer and fewer clients each year. When my last client dies, I will stop.”

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At that time, she had just two living clients left…

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But she kept her at-home-salon open for those two old clients.

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She told me that having one leg left in her professional life made her feel more useful and energized. And she loved cutting people’s hair.

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This story is a reminder to me (and you) not to accept how people or society expect you to live your life. (In this case: “You work, then you retire!”).

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Live your life.

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(I wish I had a photo of her, but I do not, so I asked ChatGPT to make one for me. The photo is AI generated, but the story is real.)

 

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