How I Changed My Future Path - Becoming a Veteran

Becoming a veteran is a cultural shock, entering a society that is not hierarchal, structured and with your life planned is confusing at best and disturbing. When your career ends, and everyone's will, you need to figure out what is your next iteration, the new you, what you will do and accomplish. Humans are driven by activity, we strive to learn, to do new things and activities which bring us pleasure. 
This is my story, how I decided what I wanted to to accomplish upon retirement from the military, how I set about executing the tasks, how I turned dreams into a roadmap of calendar appointments and lessons learned.
Change is hard, still is - hopefully this provides some guidance.