by Sbexon | May 2, 2023 | Career, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
I was cleaning my kitchen the other night when a slogan from the bottle of dishwashing liquid caught my eye. ‘Trusted for over 100 years’, it stated. I stood looking at that for a long time. Do you trust the soap you wash dishes with? Do you have to? Like, have you...
by Sbexon | Apr 25, 2023 | Career, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
I love that I’m starting to receive some feedback about this column! I’m not digging around social media too deeply, mind you, but the verbal and email comments from people around me are encouraging. Okay, so maybe it’s just a couple of friends who have mentioned a...
by Sbexon | Apr 18, 2023 | Career, Golden Nuggets, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
Recently-retired people get all kinds of invitations to volunteer, which makes perfect sense as we supposedly have lots of newfound time to fill. Many people have the good fortune of beginning retirement while still full of energy, interest and compassion, along with...
by Sbexon | Mar 28, 2023 | Career, Finances, Lifestyle, Retirement
It was nearly a year ago when I stood up from the conversation when I first informed my boss that I was going to retire and I walked to the staffroom to make myself a cup of tea. Funny how tea can both wake you up and calm you down! I was certainly searching for calm...
by Sbexon | Mar 21, 2023 | Career, Community, History, Lifestyle, Retirement
When I moved to Red Deer from a town down the highway, I was shown how to maneuver around the outskirts of the city each morning to avoid the traffic lights and the jostle of morning commuters (yes, there is a morning rush hour outside the major centres!). It was a...
by Sbexon | Mar 14, 2023 | Career, Retirement, Wellness
I know we get laughed at in Canada because, well, we’re Canadian. Living in igloos and such, as the saying goes in other parts of the world, and walking around my favourite urban pond the other day in minus 40 weather may well have proven their point. Except for the...
