Preparing For My Sunset Years:
Part 1 of 5 - The Awakening
About a year ago, I had a transfomational conversation with my most influential friend Patrick Combs. Six months earlier we had mutually decided to end a perfectly good business (Bliss Champions LLC) that we loved. It brought us a great deal of joy and epic rewards.
Why? Because we both felt we experienced everything that we set out to accomplish. We sensed that it was time to move on. Neither of us knew what we wanted to move on to, just that it was time. In essence, we were both saying the same thing at the same time, which was, “I’m good!” 
We didn’t put any energy into finding a buyer or handing it off to someone else. We just hosted one final retreat and closed up shop the next day.
The conversation we were having, six months later, was centered around how we were both doing trying to fill the enormous gaps created in our lives by ending our beloved business of seven years together.
There was a lot of discussion about what we missed, like working together and our customers. We reminisced about the many successful bliss journeys. There was also some discussion about things we didn’t miss, like having so many scheduled zoom calls every week.
After reminicing, we turned our focus to what we were both up to next. Patrick shared with me a bunch of things that he was working on, as did I, but what struck a cord with me were two words. He said that he had a name for the life stage he had just entered. He called it his “Sunset Years”. This intrigued me a great deal. As he described to me what this meant to him, I could feel goosebumps rising on my Soul.
I had never heard anyone describe a life stage this way. It immediately reminded me of the word that inspired my life’s second great awakening. This occurred eight years prior when I heard Patrick describe BLISS to a live audience for the first time.  He awakened the Dreamer in me that day. This time, he was awakening the OG Dreamer in me! 😎
In the months ahead, I gave Patrick’s wisdom a lot of thought. I concluded that I wasn’t quite at my sunset years yet, but that I would be soon. I was in my pre-sunset years!
This drove me to ask myself over and over again, what do I want my sunset years to be like. What would make them amazing? What do I need to do to prepare for them?
The Dreamer in me was engaged. I was inspired to manifest a new reality, by starting an exciting new journey!
On my birthday this past October, I had a major breakthrough. I realized three things. One, I sacrificed my health for the last twenty-eight years. Two, I had been an entrepreneur for twenty-eight years. Three, these two things were clearly linked 👀 and if I didn’t make some significant changes, there wouldn’t be another twenty eight years. Heck, I might not even make it to my Sunset Years that I was spending so much time strategizing!
With my newfound clarity, I woke up the next morning determined to transform. I became obsessed with preparing for my sunset years. I have been brainstorming and strategizing the last six months. I am finally ready to share my journey that I am embarking on. Part 2 will begin my share.
The below photo is of a moonrise taken from my property in Hawaii. I think of it as a reverse sunset. Since I am attempting to manifest my Sunset Years, I thought this photo was appropriate to kick start this story.
