Slowing the ageing process in retirement

Slowing the ageing process in retirement

While we can’t stop having birthdays, it’s very encouraging to discover that we can take steps to slow the ageing process and improve our chances of avoiding many of the nasty ailments associated with getting older. I’m obviously not a doctor but when we produced a...
Life without a business card

Life without a business card

Adjusting to life in retirement Our society encourages us to seek goals built around wealth, power, status and fame.  Often our career is the vehicle that we use to pursue these ambitions.  This means that our identities are often defined by our career and how...
It won’t happen to me

It won’t happen to me

Last week a friend of mine was driving home on the motorway when he must have closed his eyes.  He woke up as his car veered into a guard rail, spun through 180 degrees and finally stopped facing the opposite direction.  Fortunately no other cars ran into him and his...
Envy and Gratitude

Envy and Gratitude

Vince retired a couple of years ago with enough money to be reasonably comfortable, if not wealthy. He and his wife couldn’t afford two month European holidays, but they could afford a couple of trips to S.E. Asian countries and they had a small caravan which they...

Have More Control Over Your Life

For most of us, life is full of challenges, victories and minor or major disasters.  Generally these events have a significant impact on whether we are happy or unhappy at any particular time. Of course a really serious disaster can cause us major grief and have a...

Finding Happiness

While speaking at seminars about preparing for retirement I’ve often heard people saying things like “I’ll be happy when I retire” and “when I give up work I’ll be happy”.  Unfortunately if they don’t think they’ll be happy until they retire, they’ll probably be...