The following is a quote from a previous blog and, in turn, from the BBC news website – ‘work is fundamental to the good life’. And this was in the context of an article (Why do people lie about being retired?) about why many people found retirement so hard to cope with. Can it really… Continue reading Retirement blog : Work will set me free or will it?
Category: How to have a happy retirement
Retirement blog about the pleasures of DIY
Nothing like a retirement blog about a spot of DIY to get you back on the rails of a sensible retirement life. After nearly a month away and plenty going on since we got back home a week on Sunday it’s quite nice to get that sense of accomplishment that a decent DIY project gives.… Continue reading Retirement blog about the pleasures of DIY
Retirement blog about retiring together (revisited)
In May 2014, i.e. getting on for 5 years ago, I wrote an early retirement blog about what happens when couples retire together. I have recently had cause to re-read it and, though I say so myself, it’s not bad, some reasonably intelligent stuff in it. I re-read it this week because of an email… Continue reading Retirement blog about retiring together (revisited)
Retirement blog about having fun
Just how much fun should a person have when they retire? Well, I’m not exactly sure, but I know one thing, having fun does not come easy to some of us, not to me at least. Having fun doesn’t figure in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs which was a psychological paradigm that I referred to quite… Continue reading Retirement blog about having fun
Reviewing the perfect retirement – not mine obviously
I have been intending to write this review of the perfect retirement blog that I wrote almost at the beginning of these blogs nearly five years ago but some reason haven’t got round to it – until now. I thought it would be interesting to see how well my initial thoughts on retirement, before I… Continue reading Reviewing the perfect retirement – not mine obviously
Retirement and the simple pleasures of DIY
I know for a fact that DIY is one of those activities that retired people often enjoy. Indeed it may be an engaging, fulfilling and possibly even relaxing, activity that they look forward to be able to do more of, or even start out on, if they haven’t when in work mode. I make no… Continue reading Retirement and the simple pleasures of DIY
Advertising: is it the scourge of the retired person?
Certainly in one sense it is the irritation of this retired person. Maybe it’s the channels I watch and the radio programmes I listen to – Railroad Alaska, Father Brown – all those repeat channels on which there are as many adverts as there are programmes or Classic FM on the radio with the most… Continue reading Advertising: is it the scourge of the retired person?
Retirement and running a small business, ha!
Do you remember me writing in this blog about the experience of running a small business when one is retired? If you don’t you can read it here. The point I made then was that one of the activities people who retire ‘choose’ (key word) to engage in when they retire is to run a… Continue reading Retirement and running a small business, ha!
The Ten Best Questions the retired person can ask him/herself
A friend recently asked me if I ever throw anything away? I said are you crazy, of course not. Without going into the plusses and minuses of my philosophy, suffice it to say that, if I had, I would not be writing or you reading, this blog. It’s based on a book that a colleague… Continue reading The Ten Best Questions the retired person can ask him/herself
Are holidays important to the retired person?
I’ve written before in these blogs about the relationship between retirement and going on holiday. Specifically whether holidays feel different when you’re retired. I suppose logically they should. You know that old chestnut about retirement being one long holiday so why would a person even need a holiday when they’re retired? I guess it all… Continue reading Are holidays important to the retired person?