by Sbexon | Aug 12, 2023 | Career, Retirement, Wellness, Writing
‘The selfie I took on the first day back to work from vacation a couple of years ago was already starting to show pretty clear signs of career fatigue!’ I signed up for a First Aid course the month before I retired, which seemed even to me to be much more...
by Sbexon | Aug 8, 2023 | Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
I have to admit that anger was a big reason that I decided to retire when I did. Reaching the right age also had something to do with it, of course, but I felt that people’s anger seemed unstoppable after the pandemic. Other people’s anger, as well as my own. It was...
by Sbexon | Aug 1, 2023 | Career, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
Okay, so maybe I’m a bit self-absorbed. I’ve been reflecting on retirement and finding fulfillment and preparing for the big change, all from the first-person perspective. How the choices YOU make throughout YOUR transition can help create a rewarding retirement for...
by Sbexon | Jul 18, 2023 | Career, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Parenting, Retirement, Wellness
Last week I briefly mentioned ‘the front step’ of my childhood home, and I’ve been thinking about that pivotal spot quite a bit since! It was a gathering place through the years, for sure. We sucked on homemade Tupperware Popsicles as young children, gossiped about...
by Sbexon | Jul 4, 2023 | Hobbies, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
I was driving down one of my favourite riverside lanes the other day on the way to one of Red Deer’s amazing green spaces, when I had a glimpse of yesteryear out one side of my car and another of futurama out the other at precisely the same time. Moseying up the...
