What I Wish I Knew Before I Retired
In a previous post, I referenced a fellow blogger who described her travel in retirement not as ‘vacation’ but as ‘an opportunity to say yes’. This way of thinking struck a deep chord with me. Isn’t that what retirement is all about-- a chance to say 'yes' to invitations that had previously been overlooked, or… Continue reading Finding the Art of Saying ‘Yes’
Don’t you just love on-line personality quizzes? You know, the ones where you answer a few innocuous-seeming multiple-choice questions—press enter—and voila—you are assigned a set-in-stone personality type (that may or may not remotely resemble the you that you know). The retirement versions of these quizzes claim to be able to determine your ‘retirement personality type’,… Continue reading What is your ‘Retirement Personality Type’?
When our youngest son came home for Christmas, he was displeased that our ten-year-old Husky only knew how to do two small tricks--sit and shake paw--the same two tricks that he himself had taught our dog over nine years ago. With the exuberance of youth, our son was determined to teach Cody a new trick--… Continue reading Expanding My Comfort Zone–Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks
Retirement Reflections 