Purpose and passion

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The motivations behind volunteering in retirement

This entry was posted in Non-monetary retirement issues Purpose and passion retirement activities and tagged early retirement identity purpose and passion in retirement volunteer work in retirement on November 23, 2016 by Mariella

Retirement Stats, Studies, and Stuff

Guest Writer:
Luc Cousineau, MA, PhD Student, University of Waterloo

 

Luc Cousineau is a Doctoral student in the department of Recreation and Leisure Studies at the University of Waterloo. His line of inquiry focuses

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By the time she retires, I’ll be ready for the long nap 1

This entry was posted in Purpose and passion Retirement life planning and tagged identity relationships in retirement on October 21, 2016 by Mariella

Tales of Retirement

By Anson Laytner
Interreligious Initiative Program Manager,
School of Theology & Ministry, Seattle University
Retired April 2015

 

Every weekday morning, I see my wife off to work while I stay home to enjoy the fruits of my …

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Practising retirement – coming at it sideways 1

This entry was posted in Non-monetary retirement issues Purpose and passion retirement activities and tagged creativity engagement life transitions on September 10, 2016 by Mariella

Tales of Retirement

By Mark
Elementary School Teacher
Practising Retirement – July 2016 to September 2017

Mark’s previous article: Practising retirement, and my cover story

 

 

I had a great idea – I would begin writing this article on …

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Who am I now? Identity revisited… renewed… reinvented 2

This entry was posted in Non-monetary retirement issues Purpose and passion and tagged identity purpose and passion in retirement on August 6, 2016 by Mariella

Retirement Stats, Studies, and Stuff

Guest Writer:  Lynne Maukonen, MTS, MA, CLC, CPC
Compass Counselling and Coaching Services

 

I imagine that, during your lifetime, you have often been asked “Who are you?” and “What do you do?” I wonder …

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Gems from year two 2

This entry was posted in Non-monetary retirement issues Purpose and passion Retirement advice and tagged disorientation engagement happiness money in retirement routine on July 25, 2016 by Mariella

Favourite Quotations from this Newsletter
August 2015 to July 2016

 

To celebrate the second year of this newsletter, I enjoyed several days rereading all the articles submitted by our 19 contributing writers.  I pulled out the best tidbits of …

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Oh, the places you’ll go! …with a nod to Dr. Seuss 4

This entry was posted in Health Non-monetary retirement issues Purpose and passion and tagged chronic illness in retirement courage in retirement life transitions on July 15, 2016 by Mariella

Tales of Retirement

Donna McCaw
High School Teacher
Author of It’s Your Time

 

I retired at age 54 because I could.  I was a high school teacher who had started teaching at age 21 and had reached the 85 …

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