If you opened the SMART Living Blog post email last week you probably noticed it was different.  Rather than publish a full article like usual, I decided to take a short trip down to Baja Mexico with Thom and enjoy myself.  And while that might not seem radical if you haven’t followed SMART Living 365 for long.  But it was actually the first time in over six years that I’ve given myself permission to not post an article.  And guess what?  The world did not collapse and (thankfully!) you all did not unsubscribe.  What it did do was allow to me pause and consider why I have felt so driven to stick to such a strict self-imposed schedule.  More importantly, it reminded me that my definition of success and happiness as I enter my third-act of life is the guidepost that I want to follow at the present time.  And perhaps my thoughts on this are something all of us can use regardless of our age. [Read more…]