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Monthly Archives: January 2016

Selfishness/Selflessness
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January 25, 2016 by Jean

Is this classic image from the psychology of perception an urn or two faces in profile? Both/and. Twice in recent …
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Category: Emotional responses, Time/Activities | Tags: Maine Senior Colleges, retirement, time utilization, volunteer work, well-being
Taking Stock: Well-Being
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January 19, 2016 by Jean

This is the third of my “Taking Stock” posts for the new year. This one focuses on how I am …
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Category: Emotional responses, health, Social relationships | Tags: emotional responses to retirement, living alone, retirement, social life, social relationships, well-being
Taking Stock: Time
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January 14, 2016 by Jean

As my second year of retirement begins, I am taking stock of how things are going. My last post (Taking …
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Category: Retirement transition, Time/Activities | Tags: retirement, time utilization
Taking Stock: Finances
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January 3, 2016 by Jean

As the old year turned into the new, I ended my first full year of retirement and began the second. …
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Category: Retirement finances, Retirement transition | Tags: budgeting, retirement, retirement finances

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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