Today is my 65th birthday. I’m not sure how I got here but I’m grateful that I have. There is a lot to love but a few things I could do without.
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
I’ve been retired from full time employment for two years. And what a two years it has been. The very worst of times sprinkled with
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
How long does it take to get use to retirement? Weeks, months, years? Does it take longer if it happens during a pandemic? Is it
It’s fast approaching the anniversary of my decision to retire. It was earlier than I initially planned but three months of a lockdown, working from
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
Four months ago I retired after forty-four years of employment. It is not the retirement I planned. But our lives aren’t the ones we had
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