One of the most common things I hear from women regarding what they want in a relationship is that they are looking for a true partner to share life’s joys and responsibilities. We are tired of being ‘in charge’ of everything, even though we’re so good at it.

Although women are more capable than ever before, that get it done attitude is a masculine energy trait that doesn’t always translate well into your love life. Although men and women share both energy characteristics because no one is 100% masculine or 100% feminine, men typically default to masculine energy and women typically default to feminine energy – in a perfect world.

The Difference Between Masculine and Feminine Energy

Masculine energy traits include characteristics such as leadership, action, reason, logic, adventure, strength, loyalty, and assertiveness. While feminine energy traits include such things as charm, communication, collaboration, nurturing, sensitivity, self-awareness, and intuition. Masculine energy is a giving energy and feminine energy is a receiving energy.

From these simple lists you can easily see why we all need both energies in our day-to-day world. But how does that impact dating and relationships?  

One of the differences between how men and women think is that men enjoy having a job to do and feel successful when they can make you happy. So, when you’re planning a date, who does the planning?

Even though women want men to take charge and share the load, we have a hard time giving up control over how it’s done. If you decide on the place, make the reservations, decide on the time, and figure out all the details, how does this impact a masculine-energy man who feels successful when he makes you happy? He’ll feel out of sync and useless.

If you approach a high-masculine energy man with your own masculine energy, you’ll create an environment of two bucks fighting for alpha position. A masculine-energy man will only battle you for position for so long. If you’re too much work, he’ll simply move on to another woman who graciously accepts what he has to offer.

Men Need Space

Feminine energy has nothing to do with a woman’s independence. When you lean back and give a man the space he needs to pursue you and give up some of the control over the tactical day-to-day aspects of your relationship, you actually gain more independence because now you have more time to relax and enjoy life more fully.

This doesn’t mean that you can’t offer suggestions or options. Of course you can, simply make the suggestions and let your man figure out the details. When you lean back, he has the room to move forward and take some of the load off your shoulders.

In my personal experience, I have found many men who are hesitant to step up when you first meet them. They may feel like letting you plan the date is playing it safe, or let’s be honest; maybe he’s simply a lazy dater.

Regardless of the reason, if the man lets you plan the date, you know he’s in his receiving feminine energy. And once you take control of the dating experience, it’s hard to give it back. This means you may find yourself managing the relationship more than you hoped to. Feminine-energy men are naturally attracted to strong masculine-energy women. They make life so easy for them.

Can You Motivate a Man into His Masculine Energy?

If you’re currently dating or in a relationship, can you motivate a man to step up into his masculine energy? The short answer is yes. The longer answer is that it takes time, patience, and consistency. You see, leaning back is something some women don’t do naturally so there may be a learning curve for you as well.

If you flip a switch and go from masculine to feminine energy overnight, your partner may feel like he’s dating a stranger. So, start small. Begin by asking him to take the responsibility for specific tasks and then show your appreciation when he does.

Once he begins to step into his masculine energy, brain chemicals like testosterone are activated which help make the process easier. If you continue to lean back so he can lean forward, you’ll soon find yourself making plans and decisions about your activities and relationship as a team.

I hope this gave you some food for thought. Until next time, keep your heart open and ready for love. You never know where it will find you.

Let’s Have a Conversation:

Have you ever considered the concepts of masculine and feminine energy and how they affect your relationship? Are you more masculine or feminine in nature? Have you tried to lean the other way on purpose? What was the result?

When I was alive, I believed as you do – that time was at least as real and solid as myself and probably more so. I said 1:00 as though I could see it, and “Monday” as though I could find it on a map.

—Peter Beagle, The Last Unicorn

Time Is Our God, and We Are Its Flock of Submissive Followers

Peter Beagle’s allegory begs us to reimagine our concept of time and space. Time is our God, and we are its flock of submissive followers. We worship at the feet of time, creating golden idols in the form of clocks and watches. 

According to Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, time and space are dimensions of the Time-Space Continuum. I picture the two dimensions as members of the same family, envisioning a sibling rivalry between time and his sister space.

The Tug of War Between Brother Time and His Sister Space

Time is bossy and hijacks his sister’s free spirit. “If it weren’t for me, nothing would get done,” he accuses. “You would just sit around eating gummies and staring at a lava lamp if I didn’t tell you what to do and where to be.”

“That is so not true,” Space replies. “When I’m fully myself, I notice the hopscotch patterns of light playing across the kitchen floor or the heron hunting for lunch in the bog. It’s magical. It’s being not doing. You demand we always be in motion. You are so linear. You constantly think either about the past or what will happen in the future. You refuse to sit within the space of the present, which, my dear brother, is the meaning of life.”

“It’s my job to allocate space,” Time sputters. “I provide happy hours, holidays, and weekends for fun and relaxation. But the work week is sacrosanct. Monday through Friday is the time for punctuality and productivity.”

“Do you hear yourself?” Space Sputters. “One hour for happiness! The clock on my cell phone and my apple watch dictate my life! I experience panic attacks if I’m running late for an appointment. My anxiety gets me out of the present. I’m so cranky my sense of space is screwed.”

“There would be anarchy if I wasn’t in charge!” Time retorts.

It feels as though time holds space hostage in this endless tug of war between the two concepts.

The Art of Wasting a Day

My daughter and I share a secret expression.

“Mom,” she’ll say, “I took the time to feel my hands today.”

I envy her those moments. Translated, Tracy gave herself permission to experience the surrounding space, undistracted by obligations and responsibilities. It’s such a relief, like unfastening a bra and throwing it on the floor upon returning home from an obligatory meeting. “Ah,” the sighs escape from deep within my solar plexus.

It’s on those occasions we take the time to “ponder a blade of summer grass,” as recommended by self-professed lounger and poet, Walt Whitman. There are terms for this kind of respite. “Being present.” “Being mindful.” “The art of a wasted day,” when your soul sneaks up to whisper in your ear. Why in the world do we not pursue these moments with more urgency and persistence? 

The ability to ponder time is a bit of a luxury and, arguably, a concept people who work two and three jobs to support a family don’t have time to think about. But neither do we have to be Time-Zealots.

People who own their own time, who go to the movies in the middle of the workday or go on a three-month sabbatical, are temporal. They don’t permit time to own their minutes and hours. They have figured out how to set their own pace in order to “feel their hands.”

Legitimate scarcity of time does not negate the necessity of stopping and stepping outside for even 15 minutes to experience your interior spaciousness.

The Pandemic Gave Us a Giant Pause from Our Frenzied Routines

I live with a margin of error in my head about arrival times. I’m either five minutes early or five minutes late for the appointed hour. Precise time frames give me hives. COVID-19 gave us a paradigm shift, challenging our concept of time. We were given a giant pause from our typical frenzied routines.

“I can’t go to Sanford to visit Aunt Mary and her grandchildren? Oh well, maybe some other time. Can’t go to my non-profit office? Oh well, I’ll work at home in my pajamas. We can’t pay $25.00 to see a movie? Oh well, I can rent one at home for $5.99 and stop and start it whenever I like. I can’t leave my house two hours early to stand in a mile long TSA line, be strip searched, and have my water bottle confiscated in order to fly to Chicago? Oh well, I’ll FaceTime with my family and send Easter presents.”

“Oh, well,” became a new friend and refrain. 

Sister space relished achieving dominion over brother time during this metaphorical comma.

Continuing with the wisdom of Peter Beagle, “We live in houses bricked up with seconds and minutes, weekends and New Year’s Days, and I never went outside until I died, because there was no other door. Now I know that I could have walked through walls.” 

Deciding to barge through time’s wall gives us back our sense of spaciousness. It’s exhilarating and puts us in the driver’s seat of our lives. So, what are you waiting for? Go to your toolbox and get your hammer. Break through a wall allowing for some open space, even if it is only the size of a doggy door.

Let’s Have a Conversation:

Whose side would you be on in this debate – Brother Time or Sister Space? How do you perceive time, and do you give yourself enough space to just be?

I am captivated by dreams and what they tell us. But I am not an expert. Just someone who has tried to interpret my own dreams – and occasionally those of my family, when asked.

Do you dream a lot? It can be very interesting to try to make sense of dreams.

I have no idea how often I dream. I often wake up knowing I have been in a deep and complicated dream, but it has vanished like steam by the time I am conscious.

Different Types of Dreams

Quite often, I have what might be called ‘everyday’ mundane dreams where what I am doing is not so different from my day-to-day life. They are OK.

And every once in a while, I have very special dreams, where I am being feted for something I have done or have come into a lot of money. I always wake up feeling great.

But the dreams I most remember are the worried or anxious dreams.

Traditional Anxiety Dreams

I sometimes get traditional anxiety dreams, where you are not in control and things are going wrong. These are not very frequent – only once a year or so. And they are usually of one of two kinds.

One is turning up for an exam and realising that I forgot to study for it. I can even wonder, in the dream, why I forgot to study, but I am always ill prepared. The dream never gets to the point of my writing out the exam and certainly not getting the results.

As I like to be prepared for things, this is never a good way to spend the night. I don’t want to be ‘found out’ as someone unable to perform as expected.

An even more anxiety-producing dream is where I have no clothes on, although everyone else does. I also wonder sometimes, within the dream, how I managed to forget my clothes or to be wearing very skimpy ones. I tend to decide to ‘make the best of it’ and hope other people won’t notice that I am not dressed.

Again, I rarely arise refreshed after such a dream. Without clothes, you are so vulnerable and incompetent, especially in the world of the clothed.

Menopause

When I was roughly 50 and beginning to get hot flushes (‘flashes’ in the US), I had a very obviously symbolic dream that I remembered very vividly – and still do.

I had moved to a new flat that was quite spacious, and I was very happy about that. But unfortunately, there were a lot of people in one room of the flat who seemed to have parties all night long. Lots of drinking and smoking and loud noise.

I said to my husband (in my dream) that surely we could get rid of these very noisy and unpleasant people living within our own flat. No, he said, they had a very tight contract and could not be evicted.

I woke up. But what a perfect metaphor for the nuisances of menopause. They are within you, and you cannot get rid of them.

Growing Old

One would think that as we grow older – and I am now 81, so I am definitely in the “older” category – we would dream about being old. In fact, I am never old in my dreams. I am usually something vaguely middle-aged, say 45 or so.

Indeed, from time to time, I dream that I am pregnant (I have two grown-up children and two teen-age grandchildren, so I know what being pregnant is like but it was all a long time ago).

But I do dream about growing old symbolically. A common symbol of my well-being is a house or flat or sometimes a car. See what you think.

I am often house-hunting (for no obvious reason) in my dreams and the flats or houses that I find are almost always a bit dilapidated or in other ways less desirable than I would like. Recently, the flat I had found was on the eighth floor with no elevator. I had to climb stairs and it was hard work.

Just like getting old.

And I have a lot of dreams about travelling, clearly symbolic of the journey of life. I recently dreamt that I was at the airport, about to take off for somewhere and everyone in my party had a huge amount of baggage. Not a lot of interpretation required there.

And many of my dreams are about driving, which seems so symbolic of one’s ability to control one’s own ‘vehicle’. These are often at night, where nothing is very clear. Or I am at a party and realise that I am going to have to drive home at night. In real life, I have always hated driving at night.

Perhaps the strangest one of all was a recent dream where the steering wheel for the car that I was driving was in the back seat, so it was very difficult to see the road.

Make of these what you will, but to me they are all about preparing myself for something that is very difficult.

And yet, having said all this, I do like being old and have written about it extensively.

A friend of mine, Hilke Tiedemann, has just published a new book of short stories and poems. One short poem resonated with me for reasons that must be obvious and I attach it for you now with Hilke’s permission.

In My Dreams

In my dreams

I am never old,

My heart is never cold.

In my dreams

I am more real than real;

Dread

Pleasure

Distress

One hundred percent.

Primal force,

Visions and epiphanies,

A moment of eternity.

In my dreams

I am never old

Hilke Tiedemann, 2023

Let’s Have a Conversation:

Do you remember your dreams? Are they happy or anxious dreams? Can you recount any of them?

Summer House Season 7 Episode 2 Fashion

It’s the second episode of Summer House and they are celebrating the Fourth of July! I love this holiday just because it totally embodies summer celebration. And obviously dressing for it in red white and blue is pretty fun which obviously all the girls did for the day. But of course there is more cute fashion from the weekend as well that will totally spark your interest below.

Sincerely Stylish,

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Retirement is the time when you can finally relax and enjoy life without the daily grind of a nine-to-five job. But what if you’re not ready to retire? What if you still want to bring in some extra income?

Retiring in 2023 can present some unique challenges. Many people are seeking alternative sources of income to supplement their retirement savings. Fortunately, there are numerous options available to generate additional income.

In this article, we’ll explore the different types of income and the benefits of alternate sources of income. We’ll also provide some ideas for generating additional income to supplement your retirement income.

Why Consider Alternate Sources of Income?

When planning to retire in 2023, having additional sources of income can help you build a more secure financial future. Even if you’re retiring with a pension or Social Security, having extra income can help you bridge the gap between retirement and your desired lifestyle.

Other than wanting to maintain your lifestyle, there are other benefits to considering alternate sources of income. A significant advantage of having an additional income is that it can help you pay down debt, such as a mortgage or college loan. It can also help you save for future goals, such as a vacation or a new car.

In addition to the financial benefits, having alternate sources of income can also provide mental stimulation. Many retirees find that having an additional income stream keeps them engaged and interested. It can also help you stay connected to the workforce and sharpen your skills.

Benefits of Exploring Alternate Sources of Income

There are several benefits to exploring alternate sources of income. Having an additional source of income can help you stay financially secure during retirement. It can also provide mental stimulation and help you stay connected to the workforce.

In addition to the financial and mental benefits, having alternate sources of income can also help you reduce your taxes. Depending on your type of income, you can take various tax deductions, benefits, and credits. This can help you lower your tax burden and maximize your retirement income.

Finally, having alternate sources of income can provide you with more flexibility. If you find that you’re not able to work full-time, you may be able to find part-time or freelance work that allows you to work when it’s convenient for you.

The Different Types of Income

There are numerous types of income that you can explore if you’re retiring in 2023. Some of these include investing in stocks, real estate investing, starting a business, selling items online, freelancing, renting out the property, and taking online surveys.

If you’re considering alternate sources of income, many options are available. Here are some of the ideas you can explore to generate additional income.

Investing in Stocks with Dividends

Stocks that pay dividends have long been recognized as a solid choice for creating passive income. Several publicly traded companies regularly distribute dividends to investors, which are a percentage of the company’s earnings. Small dividends per share are typical, but as your investment grows (or the company prospers), so does your income.

You can increase your stake in the company and, potentially, your dividend payouts by reinvesting your dividends. It takes time, effort, and a sizable financial commitment to generate sizable dividend payments. However, if you invest consistently in dividend stocks, you may have a nice nest egg.

When investing in stocks, it’s important to do your research. Doing research on the stocks you want to buy and understanding how the stock market works can help you make better decisions and earn more money. You should also consider the risks involved with investing in stocks and the fees associated with trading.

Real estate Investment Trust (REIT)

What if you don’t want to purchase an entire apartment building? But can you still earn money without owning one? The answer is yes.

You can start real estate investments with as little as $500 through a real estate investment trust (REIT) platform. You can benefit from the platform’s diversification, and the growth of your passive income as your investments increase in value.

The term “REIT” refers to a business that invests in and manages profitable properties. Investment funds are a fantastic way for smaller investors to make large-scale investments that would be out of their price range if they tried to make them individually.

The typical annual return on REIT investments over the past decade was 9.5%. If you have access to seed money, REITs are one of the best long-term investments you can make to generate passive income.

Become a Silent Business Partner

Becoming a silent partner in a business is a great option for passive income that many individuals have never heard of. You invest in the company by purchasing equity in place of giving a loan to the company. As a result, you receive a share of the company’s profits, and your investment is secured by a proportional share of the company’s assets.

Some sites exist specifically for the purpose of connecting people looking for silent partners with companies actively seeking such partnerships. Additionally, spreading your investment across multiple new ventures reduces your risks.

Suppose you’ve considered starting your own business but have ultimately decided you don’t want to put in the time and effort required. In that case, this is one of the best passive income ideas you can implement immediately. You should know that researching the company’s financials and ensuring your rights as an investor are safeguarded is essential for passive income ideas like these.

Starting a Blog

Blogging’s potential for passive income has freed many people from the labor market. WordPress is an excellent platform if you want to start a blog about your travels and share your adventures with the world. You can document all your exciting experiences whenever you travel somewhere new.

There are numerous avenues to financial success. You can sign up for ad programs such as Google Adsense and place them in your site’s sidebar to earn income from the ads. You will earn a commission from an advertising partner such as Google for each click that results from your promotion.

Try Affiliate Marketing

Another option to earn money passively is to join an affiliate program. Affiliate marketing is just one method of making money online; it entails promoting products or websites in exchange for a commission. Earning a commission every time someone clicks on your referral link and purchases the suggested product or service is a fantastic way to generate passive income.

Affiliate marketing attracts web-based business owners for several primary motives:

Simple in Practice

Just take care of the advertising aspects, and you’ll be fine. The company will create products and ship them out to customers.

The Risk Is Low

In most cases, affiliate programs have no initiation fees. You can sell existing products without making any initial financial investment. It will take effort to build up traffic sources that will increase link clicks. Once that’s in place, commissions can become a source of passive income.

It Can Grow

When it comes to marketing, affiliates rarely bring on extra workers. You can build an audience and launch campaigns for new products while your older work continues to generate passive income.

Making money through affiliate marketing can be a satisfying way to expand your company’s revenue potential. Investing a little bit of your time is all that is required. Once the time has been put in, the payoff will be ongoing.

Investing in Rental Properties

A great way to generate passive income is to invest in rental properties. However, a lot of effort is usually necessary.

You should remember that your initial investment could go to waste if you don’t put in the time to study how to turn a profit.

To generate passive income through rental properties, you must consider three factors:

• How much return do you want from your investments?
• The total money spent on the property so far.
• Financial risks associated with property ownership.

When you are planning to rent, you should consider the cost and your profit before deciding the rate. For example, if you want to make $10,000 per year in rental income, but the mortgage payment is $2,000 per month, and other expenses come to $300 per month, you’ll need to charge $3,133 per month in rent.

There are a few things to consider in terms of risk. Owning a property has its perks and risks, but do you think your property would sell? If your property doesn’t sell, it becomes a problem for you.

Another thing to consider is tenants. What if you end up with a tenant who either pays late or causes significant damage to your property? What options do you have if you cannot find tenants for your home? Your passive income could take a severe hit if any of these things happen.

Real Estate Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding platforms offer an alternative for those who want to invest in real estate but also don’t want to deal with the day-to-day responsibilities that come with it. A team of experienced investors chooses the property, and then you can consider if you will invest and how much.

Minimum investment amounts may range from ten dollars to tens of thousands of dollars, and you’ll be required to pay a yearly management fee to the real estate platform.

The advantage of these private real estate deals is that they have already been vetted by experienced investors and may provide a favorable opportunity for you to profit. By looking at their past performance, you can see how much money people have made on these platforms and over what period of time. Moreover, diversifying your holdings to include real estate investments can even out your returns.

Equity and debt are two types of investments that can be made on a platform. Typically, the stock offers high returns for high risk, while debt offers lower profits for reduced risk. Accredited investors are only accepted on some sites, which means you need a certain level of wealth or income to participate.

On many crowdfunding sites, you’re responsible for making your investments. While high rates of return in the past may seem encouraging, they are in no way indicative of future performance. To top it all off, you’ll have to use your best judgment when deciding what to purchase. Because of this, you should carefully consider the benefits and drawbacks of each deal by reading the prospectus for it.

Real estate is also particularly vulnerable to economic downturns because it is typically funded with large amounts of debt financing. You should know how long your money will be locked up in the investment and how soon you can access it in case of an unexpected expense.

Investing in Bond Ladders

The term “bond ladder” refers to a portfolio of bonds with staggered maturities spread out over several years. The staggered maturities enable you to reduce reinvestment risk, which refers to the danger of reinvesting your funds when bonds pay too little interest.

For decades, retirees and those close to retirement have found comfort in a bond ladder’s security and low maintenance. Investors can sit back and collect interest payments for as long as they like and then “extend the ladder” by reinvesting the principal into another series of bonds when the original bond matures. Bonds of one, three, five, and seven years would be an excellent place to start.

With a bond ladder, you won’t have to worry about having to buy a new bond at a time when interest rates are unfavorable, which is one of the most significant risks associated with bond investing.

There are, however, additional dangers involved with bond investing. Corporate bonds are riskier than Treasury bonds because they do not have the federal government’s guarantee in case of default. You can significantly reduce the risk of loss from any bond by owning many bonds, so it’s in your best interest to do so. The value of your bonds could fall if interest rates rise generally.

As a result of these worries, many investors are turning to bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which offer a diversified bond fund that can be laddered to reduce the impact of any one bond’s performance on overall returns.

Paying Off Pending Loans

Paying off your debts can be a great way to have an easy retirement, as it gives you more access to money and means you won’t have any extra obligations to make payments for. Bringing debt into retirement can become difficult for you and burden you with additional costs.

With money problems, many turn to taking out payday loans or cash advances to make ends meet but end up getting stuck in a cycle of debt.

Therefore, taking care of pending loans is crucial. Payday loans must be paid as soon as possible so they don’t become a more significant issue later. By clearing out your payday loan debts, you can make more money available to invest in your retirement fund or use that money to pay off other expenses.

Additionally, paying off debts can help improve your credit score and make you more attractive to lenders, opening up more opportunities for you to save for retirement.

Finally, it can reduce the amount of stress you experience around money, making it easier to focus on saving for the future.

Strategies for Maximizing Your Retirement Income

Once you’ve explored the different types of income and ideas to generate additional income, it’s time to develop a plan to maximize your retirement income. Here are some strategies you can use to maximize your retirement income:

• Understand the tax implications of different types of income.
• Take advantage of retirement accounts and deductions.
• Create a budget and stick to it.
• Make sure your expenses don’t exceed your income.
• Invest in low-risk investments.
• Diversify your portfolio.
• Develop a plan for long-term care.

Bottom Line

When you’re retiring in 2023, exploring alternate sources of income can help you build a more secure financial future. There are numerous types of income available and ideas to generate additional income.

When exploring alternate sources of income, it’s essential to understand the risks involved and the associated costs. You should also consider the tax implications and create a plan to maximize your retirement income.

Retirement doesn’t have to mean giving up your financial security. By exploring alternate sources of income, you can supplement your retirement income and enjoy a secure financial future.

Let’s Have a Conversation:

What is the best alternate source of income you have used? How are you making sure that you have enough passive income during your retirement? Do you have any more examples of alternate sources of income options apart from the ones mentioned above?