since leaving my 30-year teaching career in 2002. I have never regretted having, using, and enjoying that massive chunk of my life away from the classroom. Too many teachers are distracted by unnecessary money obsession priorities. There is so much more to life than materialism, defining your life by work, and chasing money at the expense of health, personal freedom, and family.

“In the time of your life, live—so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite delight and mystery of it.”

-William Saroyan, The Time of Your Life