Retirement is a relationship problem

Wassup, Traipser! Dakota here with Traipsing About, my AI-free newsletter exploring living an intentional life while reclaiming creativity as an adult. I spice things up with experiences and photos from full-time travel, plus daily drawings. Seven months on the road this week with a summer in Canada ahead!Spot a typo? That’s very-human me doing my best! (Such as last week’s newsletter when I said “Happy April!")Thank you for being here. I appreciate your time and attention in this 10x-speed-treadmill world.Slowing down at fabulous Lake O’Hara in Canada’s Yoho National Park.To kick things off, something to consider (via Mark Manson):SIX COMMON LIES WE TELL OURSELVES“If I had more time, I would do the thing.”“If I could just have that, then my life would be amazing.”“If I tell them this, then they will finally change.”“Everything is perfect/ruined.”“I can’t live without the thing.”“I know what I’m doing.”In case you missed it: Last time I wrote about my three-week trip through Puglia in…