Last week I attended a meeting of former Executive Directors of Ontario child welfare agencies who are now retired. Charmed by the meeting site in beautiful Stratford Ontario — home of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival Theatre and one of the most enchanting small cities in Ontario — as well as knowing that the organizer was someone whose […]
retirement
What are your real retirement needs?
During this week I listened to a CBC radio program on aging in Canada. Part of the program featured telephone calls from retired people from across the country. Many comments were heart wrenching with stories of arbitrary reductions of company pensions, attempts to live on Old Age Security and Canada Pension Benefits, concerns about failing […]
Learning to say 'NO' — time management in retirement
Only in my wildest dreams did I imagine that retirement would bring such a plenitude of social activities that I would need to learn to say ‘no’ to some of the opportunities. As one of my former colleagues observed, “I’m like a kid in a candy store!” Before retiring, I had subscribed to the common […]
