My husband’s away and it’s time for solitude. Postworksavvy readers know that my husband does an annual junket to Trinidad and Tobago to celebrate Carnival and to visit family and friends. I’ve been there, done that. In over 45 years of marriage, I’ve visited his country many times and don’t feel a need to keep returning. […]
Author: Jeanette Lewis
Retirement Happiness — 7 Ways to Stay Hopeful
Perhaps there is no life quality that is more important than hope. Since Nelson Mandela’s death the media has focused on the life of this extraordinary leader. Hope was integral for the vision given to his people. Hope played an important role in the South African journey to achieve democracy — hope for a better life […]
Retirement Happiness — 5 reasons to live for today
I recently listened to an interview with Petula Clark who is now in her early 90s. She talked about achieving happiness by forgetting the ‘good old days’ and instead, focusing on living for today. The comment made me think about how many retired people spend too much time living in the past. They meet former […]
10 No Brainer tips to Manage the Daily ‘To Do’ list
How do you manage your daily ‘to do’ list? Do you finish all the items on the list? Does your ‘to do’ list keep nagging you? Do many items stay unfinished and get carried over to the next days’ list? I confess that on most days I don’t complete everything on my ‘to do’ list. I get […]
How journal writing keeps you focused
For more than 30 years I’ve written quite regularly in a journal. Some entries are lengthy with heartfelt emotional outpourings; others are brief describing only mundane (uneventful) aspects of daily life. I continue to write journal entries on most days. If life gets in the way and I miss doing any entries for a few […]
Forgiveness — A Fresh Start for the New Year
Do you want a fresh start for the New Year? Do you want a clean slate? Making a fresh start often means practising forgiveness. Without forgiveness, you will have more difficulty moving on and getting the benefits from New Year’s resolutions. You may need to ‘mend fences’ with people close to you by forgiving them […]
Retirement Happiness — How to Keep the Spirit of Christmas
Christmas is over. Rather than rushing to the Boxing Day sales, I’ve spent a couple of days sitting quietly and pondering how to keep the spirit of Christmas in my heart. These are slow days at our house. There is no cooking. The kitchen is closed — except for the fridge and the pantry where […]
Retirement Happiness — The Holy Grail on how to slow down aging
Tactics to slow down aging have taken centre stage in the popular press and online. Most of us know and accept that we can’t prevent aging. Aging is natural. There is no cure. Despite marketing claims, no product or pill exists to stop the process of aging. But lifestyle choices can help to slow down this […]
Retirement Happiness — How to use your ‘Elder’ Wisdom
If it’s true that we achieve greater wisdom as we grow older, how can we enhance and use our ‘elder’ wisdom? It’s commonly understood that wisdom increases with age. The storehouses of experience, knowledge, insight and capacity to see life as a ‘big picture’ are said to improve as we grow older. How can we […]
Retirement Happiness — A Reporter’s Take on my Presentation to the CARP chapter in Sarnia
Some of my local readers know that I made a presentation to the CARP Chapter meeting in Sarnia, Ontario last week. Here is a reporter’s take, written by David Pattenaude for the Petrolia Topic newspaper, on the presentation. http://www.petroliatopic.com/2013/11/27/happy-retirement-tips-offered?utm_source=addThis&utm_medium=addthis_button_facebook&utm_campaign=Happy+retirement+tips+offered+%7C+The+Petrolia+Topic#.UpqUdNm0-Ms.facebook
