retirement is about choosing the activities that fit your values, interests, and vision of your retirement lifestyle
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
As we continue to pack for our Big Move, I’m become aware of some deeply held beliefs around wastefulness. Wastefulness was drummed into both my and my husband’s head by our depression-generation parents. If something is still usable, you do NOT get rid of it. You keep things, just in case you might need them. … Continue reading Wastefulness Introspection
I don't usually write posts “of the moment”, but today is the first day of spring and I wanted to get my mind wrapped around our spring plans. I find seasonal action plans very helpful in keeping me aligned to my retirement lifestyle vision. I had created a fun set of Winter Activities that took … Continue reading Spring Plans
I have always been a foodie and food exploration is one thing I have enjoyed in retirement, although the pandemic has put my exploration of new restaurants on hold. Fellow blogger Christie (link) has a “60 new things before 60” goal and commented a few weeks ago about how many new things she was trying … Continue reading Food Exploration
Goal Setting is one of the elements of putting Positive Psychology to work. (Blog link here) While I’ve not been that intentional on life goals (yet), I have set and tracked yearly goals in some of my activity areas. BLOG POSTS – My personal goal is 1 blog/week, which I tend to post on Sunday … Continue reading Goal Setting in 2020 – So-So Results
As I continue to put Positive Psychology into Practice (blog link) , here's some more reminiscing - experience reminiscing this time. One of my pandemic projects was dealing with all of our photos. From the pre-digital world, we had boxes and boxes of photos. I spent hours sorting and discarding, before sending them off to … Continue reading More Reminiscing
For this update, I focused on the positive. Reminiscing about fun/good experiences is an element of putting Positive Psychology into practice. (see post link here) As part of the Investing in Experiences practice, when planning activities, it’s about the pleasurable Anticipation, being Attentive in the present, and Reminiscing about positive past. Beyond boosting my positivity, I … Continue reading Fall in Florida Update – Reminisce
This blog captures my recent synthesis of Positive Psychology explorations. It’s my list of Positivity Practices /Positivity Skills Development where I’m capturing possible How-to’s not just on the absence of negative (the bad things to “stop”), but also on the cultivation & nurturing of the positive. Why am I doing this? Research continues to support … Continue reading Putting Positive Psychology Into Practice – Part 2
When I think of autumn, I think of vistas red & orange leaves, picking pumpkins & doing corn mazes, cooking up a pot of soup or chili, a caramel apple treat, and crisp cool days with bright blue skies. That’s a description of a typical New England fall or the fall of my childhood. Autumn … Continue reading Fall in Florida
A number of times, I’ve had friends who are not yet retired wonder what they will do with their days when they are not working. They really cannot imagine a future without work. For many of them this is filling 55-60 hours/week or more (yes, they are workaholics like I was)…. that is over 3300 … Continue reading Filling the Void
