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...
by Sbexon | Jun 27, 2023 | Career, Golden Nuggets, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
I had the loveliest time at my cousin’s 50th wedding anniversary gathering recently. It felt like one of those disappearing cultural milestones, like a mortgage burning party or converting your child’s bedroom to a sewing room when they finally leave home. Not all of...
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...
