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Monthly Archives: May 2014

Moving Out / Moving On
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May 30, 2014 by Jean

It is done! I have moved out of my Gettysburg townhouse and arrived in Maine for my new life as …
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Category: Retirement transition | Tags: downsizing, friendship, relocating in retirement, retirement, retirement homes
Lasts
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May 21, 2014 by Jean

As I make final preparations for my move away from Gettysburg, this has been a week of “lasts.” On Sunday, …
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Category: Emotional responses, Retirement transition | Tags: emotional responses to retirement, finishing work, Gettysburg College, retirement
School’s Out!
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May 11, 2014 by Jean

Today, I turned in my last-ever set of final (really final!!) grades. There are many aspects of teaching that I …
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Category: Emotional responses, Retirement transition | Tags: emotional responses to retirement, finishing work, grading, retirement, teaching
Retirement Celebrations
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May 4, 2014 by Jean

In his advice to prospective retirees at the end of The Experience of Retirement, Robert S. Weiss includes the following: …
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Category: Emotional responses, Retirement transition | Tags: emotional responses to retirement, finishing work, retirement, retirement celebrations, Robert S. Weiss, The Experience of Retirement

I am Jean Potuchek, a professional sociologist who has just stepped into the next phase of my life, retirement, after more than thirty years of college teaching. This blog is about my experience of that new phase of life.

Please join me as I step into my future.

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