Weekly Sparks — 4/1/24 through 4/7/24

My Weekly Boomer On Fire Check-In

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In a nutshell, these “Sparks” are the things I accomplished that follow the topics I write about here and in my newsletter. I’m offering these with two purposes in mind:

• It’s an accountability practice. If I write about things, I should be trying to follow them.
• A look over my shoulder exercise. I will try to do the things I write about and I will reflect on them here.

My Sparks

It only had a couple of Nordic walks during the week, but they were nearly an hour each. I also got a couple of normal walks in, one of which was fast power walking. Once in a while I need to give my shoulders a break from the poles. I only made it to the gym once, but the iron is getting bigger again, so that’s a plus. I had one Tai Chi class and practiced on my own a few times.

My foreign language Boomer Bucket List item is still going well. I managed to make it now 15 days in a row on Duolingo Spanish. I will probably need to graduate to a higher-level language system. This one “gamifies” the learning, though it is very slow to progress to much that is meaningful. But if I happen to leave my passport in the hotel and drink a coffee with milk in the hospital, I’m in business.

I continued work on my side hustles. I got all seven newsletter editions out on time. I wrote five articles on Medium, mostly to include in my Boomer On Fire newsletter. But the good thing is that they will remain as “evergreen” articles and two of them will also be included in my additional new Project (details to come soon). I think the Boomer On Fire Saturday Supplemental Income edition will be a mainstay.

I’m aiming for a great week coming up. Maybe I’ll get the container garden ready. We’re looking forward to lots of Mediterranean vegetable salads.

About the Author

Hi, I’m Kevin. I’m a certified Baby Boomer, born right in the mid-point of the Boomer years. *I send out a 7x weekly newsletter for Boomers who want to live their best lives. Please join us!*