Moving your body is a priority for happiness in retirement. It’s a sensible way to make sure that you get the most out of every day. We all know that any type of sickness of disability takes something away from enjoying life — and achieving happiness in retirement means that you want to be able […]
Enjoying Retirement
Happy in Retirement — What Drives You?
What gives you a happy retirement? What drives you? The motto for the gym where I work out is “What drives you?” I think it’s a reference to the many options for exercise and recreation that members enjoy. The slogan “what drives you?” made me think about what drives a happy retirement. The life lived […]
Happiness in Retirement — Caring for Your Couple Relationship
One way to make sure that you are happier in retirement is by caring for your couple relationship. For most of February my husband was away on his annual solo vacation. By choice I stayed at home. Each of us enjoyed some ‘alone’ time. Now that he is home I am again taking delight in […]
Happier in Retirement — Cook at home
One of the secrets that makes me happier in retirement is the ability to cook at home. Cooking at home and then enjoying the result is an easy way to ramp up the ‘enjoyment quotient’ of life. The bonus is eating nutritious food that improves health.Many people make cooking at home a part of their […]
Happy in Retirement — Good Routines
Good routines help to make you happy in retirement. In my last post I wrote that I was looking forward to getting back into our ‘couple’ routines when my husband returned from his annual solo vacation. Throughout our 46 years of marriage it’s been a regular routine to have coffee together — usually in bed […]
21 Days Without my Husband — Welcoming him home
Day 21 — It’s time to welcome him home. Tonight I’ll make the airport trek to pick up my husband after his annual vacation to visit family and friends in Trinidad, his home country. I’m excited. After three weeks of cooking for one or, mostly, avoiding any cooking, I have re-stocked the refrigerator. I’ve also […]
21 Days Without my Husband — A Good Samaritan
Day 5 without my husband. The noise of the City snow ploughs clearing the street awakened me. My heart sank as I looked at the huge snow windrow the plough left behind plugging the driveway. It was about 4 feet high and thick with big chunks of snow and ice from the road. I knew that […]
21 Days Without my Husband — Snowmageddon
Day 4 — It’s snowmageddon where I live. 29.5 centimeters of snow has fallen. The snow began last night, stopped for a few hours and then began in earnest this morning and continued through the day. I spent most of the day watching neighbours fight the snow. Several began shovelling early this morning and repeatedly […]
Life is short — don’t take time for granted.
During the weekend we received news of the death of a friend — someone we had known for more than 40 years. This sad news made me realize — again — that time cannot be taken for granted. Yet, too often, it’s easy to forget that life is short and to take time for granted. […]
Moving on and Letting Go
A few weeks ago I attended a celebration where I had opportunity to meet many former colleagues. These people were important to me in my career — they were in my network. I interacted regularly with all of them — sometimes monthly, sometimes weekly and sometimes daily. It was wonderful to see them but aside […]
