where, what and who – retirement transitions choices
Here’s a mini update of what’s going on in my life right now: Kitchen RefreshI said I would try and figure out how to post pictures inside my blog. Some regular commenters to my blog have asked to “see” the kitchen refresh I’ve mentioned. Hubby encouraged me to do the kitchen re-do I was talking … Continue reading Mini Retirement Life Update
I am a planner. Even in retirement, I need to have things on the calendar. Not crazy busy days, not every day something, but a good selection of activities across the week that fit my retirement lifestyle vision. I find that seasonal action planning helps me both continue the things that are working for me … Continue reading Summer Review and Fall Plans 
It’s been almost 4 months since we made the Big Move - a big transition for our retirement. A whole season (summer here) has passed by. I thought it might be interesting to see where I am on all the things needed in a big transition like this one. I’m doing this review as combination … Continue reading An Update on the Big Move
Part 3 of my Throwback Thursday series, linking back to some of the core Retirement Transition How-to’s, looks at IMAGINE, the second phase of the Retirement Transition process (detailed in my book – link here). Imagine is about listing all the possibilities for your next stage of life. My own Possibilities List continues to get … Continue reading Throwback Thursday – What’s Possible?
One of the eleven elements of Putting Positive Psychology Into Practice (link to my blog post on that topic here) is to Practice Daily Gratitude. I’ve created a habit, as part of my morning journaling, to write down “3 things I was thankful for yesterday”. Since I’ve often found inspiration in other blogger’s gratitude postings, … Continue reading A Mid-summer Gratitude Review
I am definitely shifting from unpacking mode to living mode. Hubby still has a lot of unpacking to do – tools to organize and downsize, “office” to set up, and clothes/ shoes to sort, organize and reduce. But progress has been made. The living space is now “box-free”! We have artwork hung on the walls! … Continue reading Summer Fun Update
A couple of things keep going through my head this week – “start as you mean to go on” and “summer’s started”. Memorial Day and June 1st always feel like the beginning of summer, even though technically it’s not till June 21st. I’m shifting out of unpacking mode and into living mode and need to … Continue reading Summer 2021 – Creating our New Lifestyle
Way back in December of 2020, I created a “21 for 21” list (blog link here). Not really a bucket list, but more a focused list of what I wanted my life to look like, inclusive of what I was going to track. I contemplated lots of tracking and decided to focus on New Experiences, … Continue reading (Almost) Midyear Update on 21 for 21
I did a post awhile back about things I will miss when we (finally) move. (see post Link here) I was encouraged to also look at things I’m looking forward to in this next big retirement transition. We’ve been thinking about this move for a couple of years. We originally had it further out in the … Continue reading Things I’m Looking Forward To
It’s amazing to me to realize that I’ve been retired now for almost 7 years. As I look back, I can see how I’ve implemented my retirement transition process including the important step of REFINE. (Link here for more on the process. Or see my book available on Amazon!) With each refinement resulted in my … Continue reading Refining the Vision – a Series of Transitions
