Episode 42: Stephen Finlay Archer, Advice on Thinking About What's Next

Welcome Back to It's the Journey! The next 2 episodes feature Stephen Finlay Archer! When we are kids we often have many things we love to do just for the sheer joy in the activity.  When we grow up, we often set aside those things as we take on "adult" things.  Our many roles and responsibilities often take all our time and energy.  In AfterLIFE I told my story of how I rediscovered so many aspects of myself that had been put away in a shoe box.  Important parts of me were in the dark and forgotten, only to be rediscovered after I went through a crisis in my life. Stephen is a beautiful example of someone who was able to feed those other aspects of himself over the years so that when he retired as an engineer, the writer inside him was able to grow and evolve to the present day! Stephen is a prolific writer and lifelong learner and has combined those traits to write many books, including a series called "The Irish Clans" that covers covers the Irish revolutionary period from 1915 to 1923. If you like fiction, you'll love Stephen's stories...especially if you are interested in Irish culture and history! In this first episode I just posed a quick question to Stephen around retirement.   Later this week I'll release the full episode where we dive into Stephen's full story of launching into his writing career and a host of other interesting stories about his writing, research and more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carlopodcast/support