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Continue reading →: Negative People Make your Hair fall outIt didn’t take long. The perfect antidote for enjoying my last two weeks at work showed up. I went from being on fire at work, ready to take on any projects, to grinding to a halt after a single, toxic conversation. The culprit? One of my Imperial Officers (managers) got…
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Continue reading →: Objects in the Mirror are Closer then they Appear: Health AdditionIt sneaks up on you. One day you think you’re pretty fit, and the next, a beer gut is staring back from the mirror. The slow, slippery, downward slope of your health happens without you truly noticing. As we get older, we tend to move less but still eat like…
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Continue reading →: T-9 to Death Star Explosion: The Retirement CountdownSome days at the current Death Star drag. The countdown clock to the day I retire seems to barely move. The brain keeps replaying “What am I doing? Why did I sign up to this? You Moron”. But then you hit a few days – or even a whole week…
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Continue reading →: Sadly I may miss Coworker Meetings when I RetireWork is a big part of my social life, and I suspect that’s a common experience for most men. Many Articles discuss the difference between men and women and what makes their social lives tick. Men are more dependent than women on work to be able to fill their social…
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Continue reading →: The Identity Issue and what new Retirees taught meAm I good or am I evil? We always assume we are good. That we have life figured out. That it is easy. Our universe revolves around ourselves so of course we are good. The age old question of how much my identity is formed by work, I thought was…
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Continue reading →: A Work Disease that Bleeds into the Rest of Life“I don’t care”. Extremely dangerous words in almost every case. When you attach them to work it’s a sign of danger ahead. Once you catch this affliction it can be tough to shake. Walking into the office today I had a case of the “I don’t Cares”. I don’t care to…
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Continue reading →: A New Axe to Grind in Retirement – CreativityWe all know them. The people who seem to be busier in retirement than they did at work. The ones who never question why they retired. On Tuesday there are guitar lessons. Wednesday a woodworking project. Thursday some gardening. Friday a spin class and a social lunch. And I look…
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Continue reading →: Clear your Mind must beGarbage in, garbage out. It is definitely true for the body. As I get older I fight to keep the beer belly away (beer is a weakness for me). We all try to concentrate on what we eat as we get older but overall I think what you feed your mind…
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Continue reading →: Using Work Down time to help you retireI’ve talked briefly before about how structure can help your mood or at least limit your choices to stay away from Dark Side episodes. Work provides us structure naturally. Less so in the new hybrid work world but for me it defines a good structure to my day to keep…
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Continue reading →: Focus on the “Number” or the “Date” of Retirement can Lead to the Dark SideI have a confession to make. I have been focussed on being retired more than being “retired”. What? For years I have talked about not needing to work some day with my friends. About stopping. The whole focus was on not working. To have “enough” to not work. More running…
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