Recently I saw another intriguing tool called the “I Did It” list. You know I love my lists! This tool was to help someone feel like they had accomplished something – in the day, or week, or month. You were encouraged to not just focus on the big milestones, but the little things you got … Continue reading I Did It List – A New Tool
One of the fun tools I played with early in my retirement transition was writing 5 vignettes (short scenarios) based on 5 years in the future. I was learning about my love of writing and this sounded like a fun way to write creatively and also push my thinking on where I wanted to be … Continue reading Writing Future Scenarios
When one hears the phrase “Living a Life of Leisure” it often brings a sense of over-indulgence, selfishness, lack of responsibility, having no life purpose, or simply wasting time. Maybe that’s just my innate workaholic or the Puritan ethics I was raised on, but I have a hard time to not feel guilty with living … Continue reading From Workaholic to A Life of Leisure
When you transition into retirement, there are often new habits that need to be formed as your old structure goes away. Some folks might not need a structured day, some do. But almost everyone has to create new habits. Many of us set being healthy as a retirement focus with beginning (and keeping!) new exercise … Continue reading How to Create an Exercise Habit
It is often amazing to me when synchronicity happens. Of course, the first time a message is coming at me, it is easy to ignore. The second occurrence, I wonder, “Is that a message coming through?” By the third time, I have to follow it down the rabbit hole! Such was the case on chakras … Continue reading Follow the Synchronicity
Early in retirement I found the idea of 52 New Things (find that blog link here – from June 2018!) and implemented it. Combined with my idea of Possibilities List (original link here - from Sep 2015), this started me on a continual path of finding new experiences. For a number of years I’ve tracked … Continue reading New Things – Things on Repeat
Even approaching 10 years in retirement, I still stumble over answering the question, “What do you do?’ For 30+ years, my total identity was singular and tied to my career, to what I did. I was a Products Researcher at P&G. [For those not familiar with the Corporate lingo, that’s a product designer for Procter … Continue reading Should I Join the Multi-Hyphenate Identity Trend?
I have not picked a WOTY (Word of the Year) for a number of years, but put serious thought into doing one again for 2024. I enjoy reading what words others pick and why. I enjoy watching how those words play out over the year. I’ve had success using a WOTY before – JOY one … Continue reading Around and Around on a WOTY
Volunteering is often a large part of many retirement plans. It’s assumed you now have time to donate! But, I’ve struggled with this concept as I was never engaged pre-retirement with any volunteering and therefore had no relationship with any organization. I didn't have any deep desire – to teach ESL, to read to children, … Continue reading Volunteering in Retirement
The last couple of months I had a number of posts talking about various situations I was struggling with. First, I want to express thanks to all for the heartfelt comments on those posts – perspective, insights, commiseration, virtual hugs, and advice (even if I didn't take it, I did consider it!) The comments helped … Continue reading A Follow-up/Wrap-up Post
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