Category Archives: My journey to retirement

Retirement sentiments

‘It doesn’t seem such a bad life, being retired,’ said my son glancing through my latest copy of SAGA magazine. There are lots of benefits: free bus travel, fee swimming sessions, reduced train fares and reduced entrance into museums and … Continue reading

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Adapting to a new life after retirement

While on holiday in Itacare, Bahia, Brazil I copied the footwear of the locals: flip flops. My feet unaccustomed to the new pressures of the flip flop's straps. My feet more used to being enclosed in socks and town shoes, … Continue reading

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Time to get fit again

The panic about New Year Resolutions is past so now it's time to decide on goals for the longer term. Exercise is definitely my number one priority. I did an interesting exercise (no pun intended) using the GROW model with … Continue reading

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Life long learning in retirement and new opportunities

Everyday brings new ways to use the internet. I'm learning something different each time I 'play' with my computer. So many ways to connect one thing with another!  New ways to connect one person with another, one event with another, … Continue reading

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Distractions and decisions

How easy it is to get distracted by one's own experiences of bodily dysfunction. Gallstones have been confirmed and I'm reluctant to have the necessary operation. However been persuaded by the possible awful things which might happen if I don't and the … Continue reading

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Go for a walk to find a solution

I was going to order some more copies of my book ‘Get ready for Retirement- how to have a life after work’, when I discovered to my horror a huge price increase. So much so that my profit margin would … Continue reading

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Retirement is a journey

Sometimes journeys don’t go as planned. You can have a detailed itinerary and then something unexpected happens. Flew to Sweden and the plane couldn’t land at Stockholm Skavsta as there was too much fog so we had to land at … Continue reading

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Do as I say….

Here I am writing about retirement and wondering how to reach people who are getting ready to retire and find myself wondering if actually I’m going through the transition myself! These past few days I’ve been thinking about when I … Continue reading

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