Yesterday and today I’ve had conflicting messages coming at me. One was about following your dream and not to be dissuaded by others. The heartfelt message communicated was, it is never too late to manifest your dream. Take up an old/new passion in your 50’s or 60’s or 70’s! Join a band, learn to paint, travel your … Continue reading Which is it – Follow your Dream or Find Joy in the Life you’re Living Today?
I love lists. I’ve been contemplating crafting another book that lists things (in words) that impacted my retirement journey. I recently saw a number of A to Z taking stock posts, which is a form of listing. I’ve used an A to Z list approach before. It gives structure; I love structure. So, why not … Continue reading Retirement A to Z
Today I realized I was one page away from finishing my current morning-pages journal. I started doing a variation on Julia Cameron’s Morning Pages early in my retirement journey after I read her book, The Artist Within. It was my first indication of my love of writing, which led me to writing a blog and … Continue reading Morning Journal
When I retired, I believed that I was leaving behind any worries about work culture. Throughout my career, I experienced both positive and toxic work environments, almost always in relationship to the leader of the group. Yes, as stated in the literature, I lived a few of the “bad leaders create toxic work culture” situations. Most times … Continue reading To Quit or Not to Quit?
In my retirement, I’ve explored positive psychology a few times. Early on, I read a number of articles and decided I wanted to change my pessimistic, cynical self to become more positive. Then I took a number of courses on the topic and really focused on putting positive psychology into practice. (Link here to my Positivity … Continue reading Mindset Shifting
So often in the blogging world I see posts that communicate everything is rosy. Or at least that they are fighting the good fight, seeing the silver lining, putting on a brave face, faking it till they make it. So when I spiral into another round of Compare & Despair, I feel less than! How … Continue reading Finding a Way Out of a Negative Spiral
My Retirement Lifestyle Vision Statement has 4 elements; it has been a consistent vision now for a few years. Active Body, Connected Heart, Creative Spirit, Contemplative Mind. Recently, with my dabbling into tarot, I’ve expanded my thinking on each of the elements. Tarot has 4 suits, linked to the 4 elements, and surprisingly similar to … Continue reading An Eventful August
I recently read an article on “lazy girl jobs” which caused me to reminisce on my past and recognize how much has shifted in my lifetime in regards to work hours and work-life balance. I remember early in my career doing 24/7 swing-shift management. It was an expectation to be in at least 45 minutes … Continue reading A Look Back at Work-Life Balance
When I first retired, I had no idea “what I was retiring to”. The experts all said that was very important to know before you retired. But 55-60 hour work weeks with even my non-working hour’s mind-space occupied with work thinking didn't leave me very much time to figure out what that was. When I retired, … Continue reading What tools and techniques am I still using?
When we made the Big Move to Florida I started a “Tourist in my Own Town” Possibilities List. This list came about for a few different reasons. I realized as we were leaving Cincinnati that there were a number of things locally I had always said I would do “someday” and never did. I didn’t … Continue reading Tourist in Own Town – Two Year Review
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