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Monthly Archives: October 2014

Hassles of Homeownership
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October 28, 2014 by Jean

I have lived alone for more than 35 years now, and I have been a homeowner for almost 25 of …
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Category: home ownership, Living | Tags: chimney, Dominique Browning, Helpful Men, house projects, living alone, mice, Paths of Desire, woodstove
How Am I Feeling?
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October 22, 2014 by Jean

Recently, I was asked how I’m feeling about being retired. It turns out to be a surprisingly difficult question to …
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Category: Emotional responses, Living, Retirement transition, Social relationships | Tags: emotional responses to retirement, house addition, retirement, social life, well-being
The Role of Retired Person II: Some Informal Community Research
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October 8, 2014 by Jean

After writing about the role of retiree as an ambiguous one and thinking about the implications of that ambiguity, I’ve …
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Category: Retirement transition, Social relationships, sociology of retirement | Tags: retirement, social role, sociology of retirement
The Role of Retired Person
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October 3, 2014 by Jean

During my long years teaching sociology, I always enjoyed introducing students to the sociological concept of “social role” because they …
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Category: Aging, Retirement transition, sociology of retirement | Tags: retirement, social role, sociology 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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