where, what and who – retirement transitions choices
It runs a chill down my spine when a series of events seem to ask the same question. Recently, between a few different bloggers and a couple of theater productions, the question around “what one thing would you change” has been raised. This question can easily drift into regret. Regret for a path not taken, … Continue reading A Path Not Taken?
Last year, during my research into retirement transition I discovered a tool I’m calling 10 Lives. The tool has you list 10 lives you'd like to live and then “Pick one and just do it for a month.” It was a way of trying to overcome one of my fears with starting something – … Continue reading My Month of Yoga
Recently I wrote about focusing on friendship to build stronger relationship connections in this next stage of life. With the loss of so many of my connections post-working, I’ve had to re-think what does friendship really mean. When I retired, I lost a significant portion of people I considered to be friends. These friends were … Continue reading What is Friendship?
I started blogging for a few different reasons - one being that I have always loved to play with words. Another reason was to share my thinking on retirement transition with others - the teacher in me coming out. And still another is a desire to call myself a writer as part of my retirement … Continue reading Is blogging really being a writer?
Retirement is a perfect time to reduce the stuff that crowds your life – whether it’s your environment, your schedule, or your mind. You would think that the simplest would be to de-clutter your environment. Get rid of the extraneous stuff that has accumulated. But what do you do when you live life with … Continue reading First-world Life Challenges: De-cluttering with a hoarder partner
Almost every article about having a fulfilling retirement or improving your longevity includes strong advice on the need to be connected socially at this next stage of life. A blogger friend (Donna at Retirement Reflections) even recently posted a bunch of the research supporting this importance of family support. She did it in the context … Continue reading Family Reality
My word for this year is Joy. Living a year of finding joy in the little moments, finding joy in not working, and finding joy in exploring new things has been uplifting. New things that added joy to my life: a long-weekend trip to NOLA with hubby, Zumba, Cooking Boot Camp, regular beach yoga in … Continue reading The Joy of Not Working
Recently I’ve heard a number of folks talking (both live and on blogs) about “failing at retirement” and returning to work fulltime. While in some cases, these individuals discovered that they get a lot of personal satisfaction from their work, others in fact failed to replace full-time work with anything, and therefore defaulted to go … Continue reading The Work of Retirement
As I looked back at my 7 Life Domains Model on which I based my retirement life vision, I realized that I had not fully investigated the area of Self-Development/Volunteering. Serendipity has raised her head on this topic as well: A friend recently sent me the quote “You are either green and growing or ripe … Continue reading What is Personal Growth in Retirement?
One of the important needs that working full-time met for me was providing me with a strong sense of identity, especially since I was a workaholic with no children and no hobbies. Recall the 5 important needs that a full-time career provides: Financial Compensation, Structure & Routine, Accomplishment & Utility, Social Affiliation, and Identity & … Continue reading Who Am I?
