Category: Silliness!

Part of why I love writing these blogs, aside from spreading what I believe are key messages in how we should approach and live our retirement, is that every now and again, I give myself permission to go a little rogue. A little off-topic perhaps. I mean, after all, why not? So if you want to read about a Wild West fan adding a saloon, jailhouse and bank into his back garden, come on over here. Or if you want to explore the poop rule a little (come on, you know you want to), and work out ways of decluttering your house, then clicking here will do you no harm. Anyway, for this particular post, let’s have some fun and see what we can learn from those who are now the age we once were. Geez, where did that time go eh?

Continue reading “What Retirement Can Learn From Teenagers”

Okay, here we go. It’s time to let our hair down a bit. I talk a lot on this website about important matters: identity, purpose, meaning, social connections and more. Vital stuff, of course. But every now and again, I feel the urge to lighten things up a little. After all, we need to strike that balance in life. Yes, let’s work on our well-being in retirement, but let’s have some fun along the way.

Continue reading “The Decluttering Detox Challenge”

We often think of retirement as a time of slowing down, but for some in life, it can become the complete opposite – a time, perhaps, where societal rules no longer apply. Across the world, people in their 60s, 70s, 80s and older are proving age is no barrier to doing something – well, a little unexpected, shall we say. Not for them sitting back and watching daytime television, or decluttering the cupboard under the stairs. They want a little bit more out of life. From DJing in nightclubs through to transforming a garden into a mini wild-west town, these individuals are bucking the rules that we can sometimes fall into the trap of setting for ourselves.

Continue reading “The Joy of Doing the Unexpected. Part 1”