I found this website/blog by Bob Lowry today and really liked his question: “Do you lack the necessary skills to retire?” Although, truth be told, I would have asked it as “Do you have the necessary skills to retire?” I spent a few minutes looking at blogs about retirement and soon tired of the topics: […]
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43, 42 and skills
April 21st, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, family, Musings, retirement, time
44 and plans
April 19th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, family, Musings, My Goals, retirement, time
Sooner or later I’m going to die, but I’m not going to retire. Margaret Mead The closer I get to “retirement,” the more I really understand why it was so hard for my father. He had his first heart attack in his 40s, and although he didn’t have many more – remarkably given that he […]
51, 50, 49, 48 and Passover Sedar
April 14th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, family, Food, Musings, retirement, time, Work
Again, four days have flown by. All of them filled with the many tasks of preparing, enjoying and cleaning up after a Sedar meal for twenty! It’s a solid three day event every year – this year marked at least the 37th time or so of our marriage. We began formally inviting important friends when […]
53 and a duck
April 9th, 2014 · 1 Comment · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, family, Grandparents, Musings, My Goals, retirement, Work
Now that the announcements has been made of who has earned the title Professor Emeritus at my college, I have to admit I am disappointed that one of them is not me. I knew it wouldn’t be; even if simply that it requires 15 years of service, and I only have 14 years in. I […]
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68 and play
March 25th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, family, Musings, My Goals, Play, retirement, Work
I’ve always supported – and acted on – play; certainly for children because of my professional, but also for adults. We need play to balance our lives in so many ways. Retirement is about to bring me a lot of time to play in those many ways. Thanks for this great article: Don’t fear adding […]