Retirement advice

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Gems from year four 2

This entry was posted in Non-monetary retirement issues Retirement advice and tagged chronic illness in retirement creativity purpose and passion in retirement resilience retirement humour on September 25, 2018 by Mariella

Favourite Quotations from this Newsletter

August 2017 to October 2018

We always enjoy compiling the Gems of the Year column at the end of each year. It is a treat to read through everyone’s stories again and to choose our …

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Suggested responses for when working stiffs say, “Retired, eh?  So, what do you do all day?” 3

This entry was posted in Non-monetary retirement issues Retirement advice and tagged quick comebacks on September 25, 2018 by Mariella

Retired, eh?

So, what do you do all day?

 

 

 

 

 

In our last newsletter, we discussed the difficulty you, as a retired person, face when a working stiff says, “Retired, eh?  So, what do you do …

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Still don’t know what you want to be when you grow up?  16 questions to help figure it out. 4

This entry was posted in Non-monetary retirement issues Retirement advice Retirement life planning and tagged freedom in retirement happiness in retirement purpose and passion in retirement on June 25, 2018 by Mariella

Thoughts from a Retirement Coach

By Mariella Vigneux, MBA, ACC
Certified Professional Coach

  

 

 

When we were young, people would ask “What do you want to be when you grow up?”  Most of us thought up an acceptable …

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Last chance to enter the annual Doggerel Cup Contest

This entry was posted in Non-monetary retirement issues Retirement advice and tagged burnout freedom in retirement happiness in retirement on December 11, 2017 by Mariella

The contest closes January 31^st. 

Submit your entries now!

 

You still have time to submit your masterpiece, but the contest is coming to an end soon. Please find contest details below.

The competition has been ferocious!  Doggerel …

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Who do you SAY you are?

This entry was posted in Non-monetary retirement issues Retirement advice and tagged identity self-awareness on June 27, 2017 by Mariella

Thoughts from a Retirement Coach

By Mariella Vigneux, MBA, ACC
Certified Professional Coach

 

 

When you meet someone new, do you pay attention to what you tell them about yourself?  It is in these conversations that we create images about …

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Thirty-Nine Years of Retirement

This entry was posted in Retirement advice Retirement life planning and tagged early retirement happiness in retirement healthy aging money in retirement on June 26, 2017 by Mariella

Tales of Retirement

By Claude Lafreniere
Engineering Lab Supervisor, Personnel Department Manager, Semi-Conductor Buyer
Retired 1978

 

Claude Lafreniere is a francophone person who lives in Montreal, Quebec.  Although he rarely speaks English, he offered to write this article in

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