I wasn’t going to write a column about my retirement. For myself, it’s something I consider a bit self-indulgent. After all, lots of people retire and don’t get a platform to write about it, but a few people close to me convinced me I should and, honestly, I figured if I didn’t offer a public goodbye and disappeared, people might think I just got fired. So, here we are. I never thought when I started at the Nanaimo News Bulletin, I’d be here longer than two years.