Category Archives: Retirement transition
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Summer Holidays
12July 4, 2016 by Jean
Nothing highlights the differences between the summers of my teaching years and the summers of my retirement years more than …
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Retirement, Leisure and Quality of Life
12February 25, 2016 by Jean
Our understanding of retirement is bound up with our understanding of leisure. The dream of retirement is the dream of …
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Taking Stock: Time
12January 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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Taking Stock: Finances
10January 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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Not One Thing
29November 6, 2015 by Jean
Recently, I got into a conversation about retirement with an old acquaintance I ran into at the Sunday farmers’ market. …
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Productivity, Sociability, Relaxation
14July 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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Spontaneity and Singing
5April 29, 2015 by Jean
During my work years, I managed time and competing demands for that time through systematic (and often rigid) scheduling. In …
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Engagement, Disengagement, and Re-engagement
8April 22, 2015 by Jean
When I was working, I was very engaged in my workplace – the type of faculty member who cared deeply …
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Visiting the Former Workplace
6April 11, 2015 by Jean
Many retirees confront the issue of what their relationship to the old workplace will be. Some retirees maintain a strong …
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A Place to Think
14March 24, 2015 by Jean
During the years when I was a hard-working college professor, teaching three different courses in a semester and often working …
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Stepping Into The Future 