by Sbexon | Jun 13, 2023 | Career, Golden Nuggets, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
I’m very glad I didn’t feel melancholy when I left my career, because apparently, that can be a common sentiment. I have that feeling about other things from time to time, of course, that homesick kind of pull at the heart that something is missing from a particular...
by Sbexon | Jun 6, 2023 | Career, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
‘Time to deprogram myself. I needed two hands to take my first selfie – hard to believe I came to be so attached to my iPhone.’ I don’t take myself very seriously, as you can probably tell by now if you have been following along with this column. But...
by Sbexon | May 30, 2023 | Career, Finances, Lifestyle, Parenting, Retirement, Wellness
I fell on my steps the other day. I had just finished an online meeting and had a few minutes before another one began, which was perfect timing because the person repairing my washing machine had finished at just that moment and I would be able to pay him, see him...
by Sbexon | May 23, 2023 | Career, Retirement, Writing
The Mayor of Red Deer read my recent column on volunteering and invited me to his office at City Hall for morning coffee, which is a very nice gesture for a new columnist to receive! He wanted to meet me, to exchange ideas about reaching the age demographic we are...
by Sbexon | May 16, 2023 | Career, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
I had a meeting in a town an hour away last week and while I was circling the small Main Street looking for parking, I saw a sign on a building that read: Seniors (45+) Activity Centre. When did 45 year-old people become seniors? Didn’t that used to be middle age?...
