My new tool this year is a monthly look back to celebrate the things I did in the month. I realized that I too often let milestones slip by without recognition, do not fully appreciate the life I’m living, and can spiral down into a negative compare & despair or I’m not enough mindset. I … Continue reading May Review – I Did It
When does summer begin? When I was a kid, it was when school let out, which was mid to late June. In college, that end of school timing moved to the middle of May. In astronomical terms, the start of summer can be defined very precisely: it begins on the summer solstice, which occurs on … Continue reading Summer is Here Already!
In the transition into retirement, it is often said to spend time and better understand yourself to help define what your best retirement will look like. When I first retired, I spent time getting a deeper understanding of myself, and have often encouraged others to do that as well. Yet I have found myself questioning, … Continue reading Heart’s Desires
I began doing a Monthly “I Did It” List this year to help me focus on celebrating the life I am living. I am prone to a Compare & Despair mindset. I often feel like milestones or achievements pass without recognition. I often think I’m not “doing enough,” as if there’s a need to be … Continue reading April Reflection – I Did It
Part of my retirement lifestyle vision is contemplation. Active Body, Connected Heart, Creative Spirit, Contemplative Mind. I noted in my end of the year review that my contemplation element was down, so I’ve added more tarot card reading into my monthly routine. I use the tarot cards to aid in self-refection and to allow my … Continue reading A Look Back at my Tarot Readings
My intent with my blog posts is to try and provide insight, in some manner, into retirement living. Recently however, I just seem to be living my retirement with not any major insight emerging. Here are a few of my less-than-insightful happenings this week: I’m on a “two for two” with planning fiascos. First, while … Continue reading Nothing Insightful Here
Recently I saw another intriguing tool called the “I Did It” list. You know I love my lists! This tool was to help someone feel like they had accomplished something – in the day, or week, or month. You were encouraged to not just focus on the big milestones, but the little things you got … Continue reading I Did It List – A New Tool
When one hears the phrase “Living a Life of Leisure” it often brings a sense of over-indulgence, selfishness, lack of responsibility, having no life purpose, or simply wasting time. Maybe that’s just my innate workaholic or the Puritan ethics I was raised on, but I have a hard time to not feel guilty with living … Continue reading From Workaholic to A Life of Leisure
Volunteering is often a large part of many retirement plans. It’s assumed you now have time to donate! But, I’ve struggled with this concept as I was never engaged pre-retirement with any volunteering and therefore had no relationship with any organization. I didn't have any deep desire – to teach ESL, to read to children, … Continue reading Volunteering in Retirement
In November, there were many “what am I grateful for” lists in line with the Thanksgiving holiday (here in the USA). I always enjoy reading these lists and they inspire my own list thinking/making. Gratitude is also one of the positivity practices that I am working on using more often to help with my negative reactive … Continue reading Gratitude Lists
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