During the first couple of years of my retirement transition I explored Positive Psychology and worked on becoming a more positive, optimistic person. (Yes, I was a highly critical pessimist! Yes, optimism can be learned.) I choose to be more positive because in my retirement life vision I wanted to be happy. As I explored … Continue reading Putting Positive Psychology Into Practice
Looking back, it is interesting to explore what was taking up my mind-space this summer. With the deadly pandemic numbers, the tumbling economy with job losses & business closures, the social unrest of systemic racism, climate-change driven natural disasters, the political nightmare of hypocrisy and power plays, and even my at-home chaos of mid-move boxes … Continue reading Mind Space
Many folks might be surprised that I’ve dabbled in some “out-there” exploration through my years of early retirement. My exploration has included, for example, intuitive sessions, exploring spirit guides, Reiki chakra balancing, and tarot reflection readings. And most recently, these explorations lead me to do a couple of intensive astrology readings. Ironically, one of the … Continue reading Astrology Exploration
A random set of musings about things happening right now. Contact Clean-up Project Inspired by Marty (blog link) and with time on my hands, I did a Contact Clean-up project. He warned me it might be cumbersome or frustrating, but it didn't take as long as expected. I went from 731 contacts to 385. First, … Continue reading Mid-Summer Musings
As a lover of words, I thought I’d share instances in this past week where I reacted to words being used in blog posts. Words as Labels A blog post on Booming Encore about different Type of Retirees (link here) had me really thinking! According to the author, there are 3 types of retirees, labeled … Continue reading Reactions To Words I’ve Read
I am struggling a bit during our continued isolation. I go back and forth between too much media exposure, which tends to stress me, and then no media, which makes me feel bad about being uninformed. I’m finding it hard to concentrate on reading, to pick a new course to take, or to identify a … Continue reading Random Thoughts Mid June
My own retirement transition process (developed based on Design Thinking approach and outlined in my book Retirement Transition – Amazon link here) has 5 main steps: REFLECT: Self-discovery, know thyself. Deep introspection becomes the core foundation for creating your “Life Vision” statement (and for later assessing activities in action plan.) IMAGINE: All the possibilities. Lots … Continue reading Refining my How
My chosen 2020 Word of the Year (WOTY) was RELEASE (see original post here). I wanted to focus on releasing self-limiting beliefs and long-term resentments. I didn't realize I would also have to release parts of my self-created retirement lifestyle. But life happens. This post is an update on releasing self-limiting beliefs. After reviewing a … Continue reading An Update on my WOTY
I’m feeling like a quarantine failure. Yes, I am having a bad case of Compare & Despair! I am feeling very “less than” as I look at what everyone is doing in their quarantine time… and I’m not. Here’s a partial list of all the things I’m NOT doing: baking, doing daily 4-mile walks in … Continue reading What I’m Not Doing
One of the on-line classes I've audited during our time of isolation was The Science of Wellbeing, also referred to as the Psychology of Happiness. Much of our wellbeing or happiness can be controlled by our actions, habits, and thinking. However, the mind doesn't always know the best way to achieve happiness. We can be … Continue reading My Review of “The Science of Wellbeing”
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