It’s been said that for many, a blog is an on-line diary. Although I try and keep my blog on topic of its name (retirement transition), it does reflect the state of my life. So here is a look back at my 2023 life, through my blogging lens. I did have a number of posts … Continue reading A Year in Review – Through a Blogging Lens
It still surprises me to be able to be wearing shorts and t-shirts in early to mid November. It doesn’t quite feel like the autumn days I recall in my years of living in the lower mid-west. But, fall has finally arrived with overnight lows hovering at 65F and days still approaching 80F. This time … Continue reading Fall is Finally Here
When I retired, I didn't think I had any hobbies or many outside of work interests. Being a workaholic had me working too many hours and then off-work hours, still being in the mental space of work with work-based reading or thinking about projects. But I’ve recently come to the awareness that I was an amateur gardener … Continue reading A Retirement Hobby
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
While I have not picked a word of the year (WOTY) in a number of years, if I had to choose one right now, it would be SAVOR. This word captures a number of elements that pop up in articles about happiness, kindness, wellbeing, positivity, longevity, etc. To savor, you need to slow down and … Continue reading Savoring Summer
I’ve written in my Retirement Transition book (see link on amazon here) about understanding “what does a house mean to you?” as part of your retirement transition. So many folks in retirement move houses, whether it is to relocate to someplace they always wanted to live, to downsize space no longer needed, or to reduce … Continue reading GoodBye Goldie – Hello Lissa
There’s a meme about how old you are when you realized things. I just realized that the astrological summer season starts on the longest daylight hour day of the year, which means summer days are all about fading daylight hours. Before this I always equated summer with long daylight hours, when in fact spring has … Continue reading summer solstice
In my retirement transition journey, I’ve explored the area of positive psychology in a number of different ways. First, early on in my retirement, I intentionally tried to shift from being a critical, cynical pessimist to a more positive person. I had a boss once say to me, ”You’ll never be happy”. I really wanted … Continue reading Practicing Positivity in my Retirement Years – a Reflection
This spring, for the first time in a long while, I did not create any kind of seasonal plan. No action plan, no possibilities list. I did continue to track “new experiences” as well as books read and new recipes tried. I use my tracking not for goal achievement, but to allow myself to look … Continue reading Spring Review and Summer Planning
Winter was a whirl of emotions, many of them negative. My Winter Possibilities List had so many things I did not check off, it was disheartening. I tell myself it’s only about possibilities, but still. So, I am taking a tool from the Self-Talk book learning (link here) and applying it to March. Can I … Continue reading March ReCap and April Planning
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