Later this week it will be time to welcome my husband home. He’s been on his annual junket to Trinidad to visit family and friends during Carnival — something he’s been doing for many years. No matter how often this happens nor whether the trip lasts three, four or five weeks, welcoming him back always […]
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Husband Away — Time for solitude
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. […]
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 […]
Happiness in Retirement — Relationships Matter
Relationships matter — if you want a happy retirement. When describing longevity, the popular blog about.com begins its post with this strong statement on relationships. Relationships are an essential part of health. Isolation and loneliness create responses in the body similar to those of stress. The body does not function as well as when we are […]
How to leave your work and enjoy retirement
Have you truly left your work and career behind? Have you moved past who you were during your career? Do you find yourself beginning too many sentences with words like ” When I ……” and then recounting achievements from career days? Do you struggle with answering the question “what do you do?” at social gatherings? […]
Achieve Retirement Happiness — Limit TV time
Media, especially television, is often the major form of companionship for older people. We’ve often heard that parents need to limit screen time for children. The same admonishment should apply to older people when it comes to TV viewing. Too much TV is dangerous. Why? Because television networks treat older people with disrespect. Network executives have […]
Retirement Happiness requires time and effort
The great things in life always take time and never come without effort and patience. A successful retirement journey needs planning, work and periodic adjustments. Retirement happiness won’t happen without some forethought. During the summer while hanging out at the cottage, I thought about how I felt about my retirement three years ago. Although I […]
Happiness in Retirement — Quick Fixes for Staying Happy
On most days I am a happy person. But sometimes joints hurt, morning coffee tastes a bit off, the sky outside is cloudy, and there are pesky tasks to complete. It’s easy to sink into a dismal mood. The promised land of retirement happiness feels elusive. On such days it’s worthwhile to do a quick […]
Happiness in Retirement — Summer After Labour Day
Summer after Labour Day offers at least three weeks of the season without all the pressure of barbecues, parties, festivals, and sun tanning on the beach. As I walked the beach this week, it felt like I could re-claim it. Most of the tourists and summer people are gone. The beach is empty. I have […]
Happiness in Retirement — The Power of a Smile
“Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone” quote by Stanley Gordon West I’ve always been a smiler. Smiling is a natural reaction for me. I smile at my husband. I smile when I see my family, especially my grand-daughter. I smile when I talk to my cats. I smile when I’m on […]
