by Sbexon | Jun 20, 2023 | Author, Career, Retirement, Writing
‘I hand-delivered one of my manuscripts to Penguin Random House Ireland when my sister and I were in Dublin. No luck of the Irish – it was still rejected.’ After last week’s column when I talked about my past fixation to be as accomplished as...
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...
