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Category: Doing LIfe

Thanks!

Giving thanks is good for you! A leading researcher in the field of positive psychology, Dr. Martin E. P. Seligman, from the University of Pennsylvania, tested the impact of various positive psychology interventions on over 400 people. Each was compared……

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May 16, 2022 - 10:20 am May 16, 2022Doing LIfe feeling better, mood lifter, retired blokes, retired men, singing, Thanksgiving 0

Be a Real Man

Since early in my life, the world has told me to be “a real man”. By that they meant – don’t cry, hold your feelings inside and basically get over whatever is happening to you in your life. But as I……

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May 2, 2022 - 10:50 am May 2, 2022Doing LIfe depression, fashion, feelings, listening, men, retirement, retreat group 0

The Day We Remember

On 25th April this year and every other year, Australians and New Zealanders will celebrate ANZAC Day. This is a “holiday” that’s different to any other in Australia. The shops are closed at least, till lunch time. The crowds on……

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April 18, 2022 - 9:06 am April 18, 2022Doing LIfe, Holidays 1915, Anzac Day, australia, battles, celebration, retired men, soldiers, troops, Turkey, war 0

It’s Time

Live Forwards but Look Back. In 1844 Søren Kierkegaard wrote “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” So if you are looking to make sense of what is happening in your life right now –……

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April 5, 2022 - 8:52 am April 5, 2022Doing LIfe Age, anxiety, Critical moments, leaving a legacy, making a mark, Purpose, retired men, time, work 0

Dealing with Disappointment

Disappointment is such a common experience we need to figure out how to deal with it now! There’s many things in life that disappoint us.  We buy things & they are a disappointment. You get a Christmas gift & the……

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March 28, 2022 - 10:52 am March 28, 2022Doing LIfe bitterness, disappointment, struggle 0

Planning the best retirement ever

Let me start by stating the obvious. Life, at any stage, should never be defined by money. Despite the Beatles singing “Give me money – that’s all I want,” it is NOT all you want! Yet, if you Google “retirement……

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March 21, 2022 - 9:50 am March 21, 2022Doing LIfe, Finances, Health curiosity, give back, healthy habits, marriage, power of attorney, retirement planning, social connections, travel, Volunteer, will 0

Need some good advice?

Where can you go for good advice? There are many people offering you good advice on everything from money to living your life and even snake oil. But where can you find something that makes sense and is true? Throughout……

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March 7, 2022 - 12:50 pm March 8, 2022Doing LIfe Advice, better, Bible, happiness, joy, life, living well, retired men, Sermon on the mount 0

Turn Turn Turn

If you’re a regular on this website, you will remember that a few years ago my family headed off to the northern hemisphere to get our first ever white Christmas. I must admit that after sitting for years at Christmas……

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February 28, 2022 - 11:30 am February 28, 2022Doing LIfe, Health activities, Friends, retired men, retirement, seasons, social, winter 1

The Great Retirement Crisis

The Research Says… Research amongst baby boomer, suggest we are heading towards a retirement crisis that, despite what Superannuation advertising tells us, will make the issue of running out of money, insignificant by comparison. Many of us have high expectations……

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February 14, 2022 - 3:45 pm February 14, 2022Doing LIfe divorce, happiness, marriage, relationships, retired men, statistics 0

Learn to be happy again

I could study to be a psychologist. I’m not a psychiatrist or even a psychologist but the optimist inside me tells me I could be in about 10 years time. Trouble is, statistically I’d only have a year or two……

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January 24, 2022 - 8:17 am January 24, 2022Doing LIfe, Health happiness, happy, optimism, pessimism, retired men, Seligman 0
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