Thirty months ago my husband left the corporate world at the age of 60 after 38 years of international travel, office politics, and climbing the corporate ladder. He was a Senior Vice President of an international firm, and was used to having a staff doing his bidding and all the accoutrements that corporate life provided. I had started my home-based business selling quilt fabric on eBay 8 years before with the idea of it becoming our retirement business. We had been living in Memphis, TN and decided to move to Maryland. We wanted to live near our only child and closer to elderly parents in PA.
In retrospect, that was a lot to bite off all at once! Transitions are always hard, and even more so when you are leaving behind the job and identity that served as your touchpoint throughout your life. It was easier for me than for my husband. Running a home-based business can be quite lucrative, but it is not an exercise in ego, status, or perks of any kind.
We sold our house in less than 2 weeks and had to go to settlement two weeks after that, whew. Our daughter helped us find an apartment in MD which we leased sight unseen. When the mover loaded the van, we packed both of our cars and were off on our adventure into our new lives!
More tomorrow about what went right, what went wrong, and what to learn from our adventure!
Susie
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