I have a friend who has been teaching English literature most of her adult life. She retired from a community college position and is sometimes hired to teach the faculty email protocol or communication skills. She recently took up writing, something she wanted to do for years but never had the time set aside for [...]
First Adjustments to Retirement
A colleague and good friend recently retired. When she first spoke about this initial stage she described it as blissful: Not commuting; Not working for incompetent bosses or co workers; Not attending endless meetings that were boring; Not taking work home to meet deadlines; Having the time to cook decent meals; Having the time to [...]
More Practicing for Retirement
The concept of preparing for retirement may seem silly to some but it is really a sensible thing to do. After all, your lifestyle will change dramatically when you retire. For instance, if you have a list of books you want to read when you retire including Russian authors like Dostoevsky or Western quick readings [...]
Practicing In Retirement – Thinking Ahead
The idea of preparing for retirement, of actually thinking ahead and planning, is as if you were practicing to retire. If you think about it, the only intelligent approach to retiring is to practice retiring in advance because it is such a great change in life-style. Problem: I know very few people who have done [...]
First Steps to Self-Recovery in Retirement
In the last two posts I discussed the importance of self discovery in retirement and how it will help you develop a life plan for the next 25 years. Today I’m writing about learning to face your obstacles and figuring out your next steps. Overcome What Stops You I recently saw the award winning movie, [...]
Creating a Lifeplan in Retirement
When I ask you to figure out who you are when you retire, when you no longer work, what I am really asking is what do you value about yourself? It is tough to separate yourself from the praise equals I am a good person, I am a smart person, I am right as a [...]
Retirement Lifestyle Planning Requires Self Discovery
Retirement lifestyle planning is figuring out all the non-financial retirement planning that you could be doing to make life easier. If retirement is the time when you have all the freedom to do what you have always wanted to do, travel where you wanted to go, and learn new skills just for your own satisfaction, [...]
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