Monthly Archives: July 2015

  1. Paving Stones and Gazebos: The Satisfaction of Success

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    July 31, 2015 by Jean

    This week, I succeeded in completing two projects that have been a source of some frustration (see Solo House Projects: …
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    Category: home ownership, Living, Maine, Time/Activities | Tags: , , , ,

  2. Productivity, Sociability, Relaxation

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    July 22, 2015 by Jean

    One year into my retirement, I am still trying to find the right balance among productivity, sociability and relaxation. Here’s …
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    Category: Living, Retirement transition, Social relationships, Time/Activities | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  3. How Much Does It Cost to Live in Retirement? Revisiting My Budget

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    July 14, 2015 by Jean

    One of the big unknowns for most people facing retirement is how much it will cost to live from month …
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    Category: Retirement finances | Tags: , ,

  4. New Friends/Old Friends

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    July 10, 2015 by Jean

    In all my advance reading about retirement, I did not see anything that suggested retirement would be a time when …
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    Category: Aging, Social relationships | Tags: , , , ,

  5. The Pleasures of a Screened Porch

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    July 5, 2015 by Jean

    Recently, when I wrote about my hassles in getting my screened gazebo set up on the back deck, a reader …
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    Category: home ownership, Living | Tags: , ,

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.

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