On The Fly

In this episode. 2026—The Year of the Great Un-Working Welcome to On the Fly . If you’re new here, this is a place for noticing—the small, easily missed moments that quietly turn out to matter. It’s part reflection, part curiosity, and occasionally part grease-stained bicycle rag. If you’re searching for life hacks, hustle culture, or a seven-step plan to optimize your morning coffee, you may have taxied onto the wrong runway. But if you’ve ever felt the itch to slow down and look around—welcome aboard. Happy 2026! If you’re like us, you spent the last week of 2025 doing three things remarkably well:  Avoiding unfinished projects. Eating things wrapped in foil. Quietly wondering how procrastination still isn’t an Olympic sport. Then–the calendar flipped, the air sharpened, and the “R” word floated into view. No—not Resolutions. Retirement. Or, as we prefer to think of it here at On the Fly : The Great Life Re-Creation Project . This year isn’t about stopping. It’s about un-working...