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 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...
by Sbexon | Mar 7, 2023 | Career, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
Nearing the end of my first full month of retirement, I decided to take a trip. Sounds a bit cliché, but my sister and her spouse are spending the winter in Mexico and asked me to come down. I scheduled a week in the sun, far from phones and the slight turmoil of...
by Sbexon | Feb 28, 2023 | Career, Retirement, Wellness
‘Okay, so I was a pretty cute four year old – just not too bright, since this is around the time I wandered around Sears not even knowing I was lost!’ When I was four years old, I got lost at Simpson Sears. Yes, Simpson Sears, which was a cultural...
