Things to do in Retirement
Find things to do. Early on in your retirement think, about what you would like to put on your bucket list. Of course you don’t have to do everything in the first twelve months. You are retired, so this is……
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Kings Canyon
The Magnificent Canyon. “Kings Canyon” sounds grand and so it is, but it’s also a very long way from anywhere. Almost in the geographic centre of Australia, as you stand on the top of the canyon, the nearest town to……
Cash Benefits of Retirement
In retirement you can have more time and choice to do things differently. Simply put, if you worked eight hours a day and traveled for two hours then you have 50 hours extra a week coming your way. You can use……
10 Great Social Activities You Can Do In Retirement.
Retirement shouldn’t be a time of retreating from society. Sure there may be a time you need to get away from what your life has been in the last few years but, if your passed the “holiday” period of retirement……
Your Vital Records
The End. There was a public discussion recently of how to handle someone’s Facebook identity when they die. Maybe because of that, or maybe because I had to do a funeral for someone last week, I have been thinking about……
Photo Editing – why, and what I can start on?
Whether we take photos on our phones, on very portable cameras or the larger DSLR cameras we can enjoy editing the photos to get a different result. I say different because the look you are after may change depending on……
The Lonely Australian – Part 3
Where It All Began In the past 2 articles we’ve looked at (1) Looking After Yourself and (2) Prioritising Friendships. This week there are some specific suggestions for finding new friends and new relationships. Start Getting by Giving There are……
The Most Beautiful Island
Go to a Greek Island! People have told me for years that I should visit the Greek Islands. I always said “yeah – one day” without ever intending to go there, but a year or so ago, we took a……
The Lonely Australian Part 2
Start by looking at, and looking after yourself: Sometimes feeling lonely is legitimate and circumstances leave us without our partners, spouses or loved ones. Yet, loneliness may also be the product of our unwillingness to consider what we might do……
The Lonely Australian – by David
The greatest danger facing middle-aged men in Australia isn’t smoking or obesity – it is loneliness. So says Dr. Richard S. Schwartz, a Cambridge psychiatrist and his wife Dr. Jacqueline Olds who wrote the book The Lonely American: Drifting Apart in the Twenty-First Century.……
Kings Canyon
The Magnificent Canyon. “Kings Canyon” sounds grand and so it is, but it’s also a very long way from anywhere. Almost in the geographic centre of Australia, as you stand on the top of the canyon, the nearest town to……
Cash Benefits of Retirement
In retirement you can have more time and choice to do things differently. Simply put, if you worked eight hours a day and traveled for two hours then you have 50 hours extra a week coming your way. You can use……
10 Great Social Activities You Can Do In Retirement.
Retirement shouldn’t be a time of retreating from society. Sure there may be a time you need to get away from what your life has been in the last few years but, if your passed the “holiday” period of retirement……
Your Vital Records
The End. There was a public discussion recently of how to handle someone’s Facebook identity when they die. Maybe because of that, or maybe because I had to do a funeral for someone last week, I have been thinking about……
Photo Editing – why, and what I can start on?
Whether we take photos on our phones, on very portable cameras or the larger DSLR cameras we can enjoy editing the photos to get a different result. I say different because the look you are after may change depending on……
The Lonely Australian – Part 3
Where It All Began In the past 2 articles we’ve looked at (1) Looking After Yourself and (2) Prioritising Friendships. This week there are some specific suggestions for finding new friends and new relationships. Start Getting by Giving There are……
The Most Beautiful Island
Go to a Greek Island! People have told me for years that I should visit the Greek Islands. I always said “yeah – one day” without ever intending to go there, but a year or so ago, we took a……
The Lonely Australian Part 2
Start by looking at, and looking after yourself: Sometimes feeling lonely is legitimate and circumstances leave us without our partners, spouses or loved ones. Yet, loneliness may also be the product of our unwillingness to consider what we might do……
The Lonely Australian – by David
The greatest danger facing middle-aged men in Australia isn’t smoking or obesity – it is loneliness. So says Dr. Richard S. Schwartz, a Cambridge psychiatrist and his wife Dr. Jacqueline Olds who wrote the book The Lonely American: Drifting Apart in the Twenty-First Century.……
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