In a world of uncertainty I know one thing for sure, the older I get the weirder my thoughts get. I’ll give you one example that struck me as I was watching TV the other day. It was a programme about a hospital garden designed specifically to accommodate spinal injury victims, many of whom were… Continue reading Strange thoughts
Tag: Good thinking
Retirement blog: am I thinking right or am I getting emotional?
The ‘inspiration’ for this blog came from one of my usual sources – The Observer newspaper last Sunday. What was slightly unusual was that the quotes below came from an article about a woman who’d fallen on hard times and successfully taken up playing poker as a way to make money to support her family.… Continue reading Retirement blog: am I thinking right or am I getting emotional?
Retirement thinking
I’ve been doing a bit of thinking about thinking. It came to me while we were walking the dogs the other morning. It is commonly recognised that walking is a good time for thinking. It must be said that when you’re walking the dogs this time is far from pure and uncluttered. Your thinking gets… Continue reading Retirement thinking
Psychology and Retirement : Part 2, Cognitive Behaviourism
It’s against my nature to join anything, as Groucho Marks said … Despite this attitude and grave reservations, I recently join an on-line community called The Psychology Network and I had a reason for doing so that was related to this blog. I wanted to post a question to my esteemed colleagues around the world.… Continue reading Psychology and Retirement : Part 2, Cognitive Behaviourism