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Tag Archives: friendship

New Year’s Check-Up: Wellbeing
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January 16, 2017 by Jean

In my last post, I focused on evaluating my use of time and money as I begin my third year …
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Category: health, Living, Social relationships | Tags: choral singing, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, friendship, intellectual stimulation, Maine Music Society Chorale, Maine Senior Colleges, Master Gardener Volunteers, relaxation, retirement, stress management, well-being
Help From Friends
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November 28, 2016 by Jean

I recently joined a Facebook group for “elder orphans” – older people without spouses, partners or children. This is a …
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Category: Aging, Social relationships | Tags: aging, elder orphans, friendship, living alone, social relationships
Social Class, Social Etiquette and Social Anxiety
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June 5, 2016 by Jean

I was surprised when several readers responded to my recent post on friendship by saying that I seem to have …
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Category: Emotional responses, Maine, Social relationships | Tags: etiquette, friendship, living in Maine, social anxiety, social class and etiquette, social life, social relationships
The Unexpected Flowering of New Friendships
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May 31, 2016 by Jean

When I contemplated retirement, I expected it to be a time for the flowering of friendship. I was looking forward …
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Category: Aging, Social relationships | Tags: aging, friendship, retirement, single women, social relationships
Social Life
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December 15, 2015 by Jean

One of the trickier aspects of retirement for me is finding the right balance between social life (connection with others) …
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Category: Social relationships | Tags: friendship, living alone, retirement, social life, social relationships, well-being
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: aging, friendship, retirement, social life, social relationships
Sap Rising
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March 20, 2015 by Jean

As the days get longer, the snow begins to melt, and the sap rises in the sugar maple trees, I …
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Category: Social relationships, Time/Activities | Tags: friendship, McLaughlin Garden, Portland Public Library, retirement, senior college, singing

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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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