I have to say, right up front, that I’m not sure what this blog is about other than it’s about retirement in some vague way. I wrote it a while ago but didn’t publish it because I thought it had no ‘essence’ to it. But now I’ve decided that’s OK, it’s just a blog, not…
Category: Happy retirement
Our first Valentine’s Day in Retirement
Call me a romantic old fool – you’re a romantic old fool – but I can’t let Valentine’s Day go by without some recognition and I wouldn’t have let it go by this far had it not been for the fact that it was a day of mixed fortunes – as you will see if…
Retirement : a world of possibilities or problems?
After my last, somewhat off-topic, blog let me return to the world of retirement and what seems to be a common problem. I have a friend who has not enjoyed retirement. He says he feels useless. In an effort to take back some of the lost control or self esteem, he has, after a few…
Review of 2013 : The Retirement Year
A happy new year to all my readers whoever and wherever you may be. I hope you are enjoying reading this blog, I certainly enjoy writing it. It has been something of a lifeline at a difficult time for me i.e. the first 4 months of what some people call retirement and others call the…