Illness forced an unexpected pause in my life, but within that pause I rediscovered purpose. Over the past year I navigated Graves’ disease, therapy and personal challenges while completing my MA dissertation, running a half marathon and contributing to a published book chapter.
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up” – Vince Lonbardi I’ve had my fair share of being knocked down. From
Three years ago I retired from full-time employment. I always knew that it wasn’t going to be easy but doing it in a pandemic made it
Last week I celebrated my 63rd birthday. A birthday I could celebrate free from restrictions. The last two have happened during lockdowns. It has been
I’ve been retired a year. And what a year it has been. Certainly not the one I had expected. When I gave my in my
Seven months ago I retired from my full time career. I gave in my notice as we were emerging from the first lockdown of the
I’ve now been retired for six months. I started writing this blog post sitting in my garden on the warmest March day since 1968. I
I’m now 5 months into my retired life. It would be an understatement to say that it is not what I planned. But then we
I’m nearly two years into my 7th decade. Two years back I was approaching my 60th birthday and coming to the end of my ‘60
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