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Category: Health

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

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

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

You need this more than you realise

Like it or not, you need people more than you realise. So you must rebuild your social network when you retire.

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January 11, 2022 - 9:33 am January 11, 2022Doing LIfe, Health fellowship, Friends, intimacy, needs, network, retirement, social 0

Follow the Law of the Path

Going to Sydney. In the BC years (Before Covid), we drove to Sydney once or twice a year. It’s not hard to go there. All you do is get onto the M1 motorway and head south from my place for……

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December 13, 2021 - 11:18 am December 13, 2021Doing LIfe, Health Christmas, Path, Road, travel, Wise Men 0

The One Thing Most Men Miss in Life

My Story I have been a church attender from my earliest years. In fact I probably went to church for 9 months before I was born. Over the years, that has sometimes been a source of great joy but at……

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December 6, 2021 - 9:00 am December 6, 2021Doing LIfe, Health belief, Egypitians, God, Hillsong, honour, meaning, Purpose, trust, Values, work, worship, worth, worthy 0

Flourishing in Retirement

People make their way through life and into retirement in various ways so how do you flourish in retirement? Unfortunately, there is no one formula that fits all your time, experience, and wisdom you have accumulated along the way. You……

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August 30, 2021 - 4:40 pm August 30, 2021Doing LIfe, Health achievement, Engagement, Flourish, meaning, positive emotions, relationships 0

Fathers Day

On 4th September 1936 the Newcastle Herald wrote… A new day for the Calendar is “Father’s Day,” September 6. Mothers’ Day has become very popular, and maybe “Father’s Day” will also become so, too! It seem like that has indeed happened.……

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August 23, 2021 - 9:12 am August 23, 2021Doing LIfe, Health blessing, celebrating, children, father, fathers day, happiness, kids, positive improvements 0

The Secret to Feeling Better Everyday

The Problem. It’s probably three years ago now since my wife insisted I go to the doctor to get him to look into my ability to sleep any time, any day! I would sit down after lunch (or morning tea……

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July 26, 2021 - 2:09 pm July 26, 2021Doing LIfe, Health apnea, clinic, comfort, energy, health, machine, masks, nasal, retired men, sleep, sleep test, sleeping, wake, wake up 0

How to Stop Becoming a Grumpy Old Man

How to Stop Being a Grumpy Old Man One issue people of any age need to learn how to manage is their grumpiness. But this is especially true as we get older because there is a constant temptation to become……

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June 22, 2021 - 10:35 am June 22, 2021Doing LIfe, Health anxiety, grumpy, happiness, health, leaving a legacy, mental health, mental hygene, mindfulness, motivated. thankful, retired, sad, significance, thinking 0
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