Retirement Musings and Everyday Delights
I had a humbling experience this week. And not the, I'm-so-humbled-to-win-this-award kind, but the I'm-not-as-smart-as-I-think kind. Years ago, I read about The Four Agreements, which are: Be Impeccable With Your Word. Don’t Take Anything Personally. Don’t Make Assumptions. Always Do Your Best. If you can manage to do those things, it's quite powerful...but it's hard. … Continue reading Don’t Assume It’s Personal
Earlier this week I got a message from my Norwegian friend, Ragnhild, saying she was in Aberdeen on business and wanted to get in touch with Phil, a mutual Scottish friend. We all attended Stockholm University's International Graduate School in the early 90s, before email was widely available, so many of us lost touch over … Continue reading The Unpredictability of the Past
When I read about the top five regrets of the dying, the one that surprised me the most was not keeping in touch with friends. If you ask people what matters in life, most would put friends and family near the top of the list, but life gets busy and we don't always invest our … Continue reading Friends for a reason, a season or a lifetime
What kind of vacation have you really had if you haven't filed a police report and visited the local hospital? As has become a semi-regular tradition, we flew to England to join our group of Cheltenham friends at a holiday home they'd booked for the weekend. Folly View, a 6-bedroom holiday home, with a Shepherd's … Continue reading A Sun-Filled Week in…England?
I keep seeing ads offering to have AI write my blog posts for me, which I find rather amusing because writing the blog is definitely a case where it's the journey, not the destination. Writing isn't a means to an end, it's a way to process ideas, play with words and reflect on life. Why … Continue reading A Recipe for Friendship
One of the things we took into account when deciding where to spend our retirement was our social support system. We knew we could make new friends, but we also recognized the importance of maintaining friendships that have stood the test of time...people who've spent enough time with us to know our flaws and personality … Continue reading Refilling the Bucket
I've been thinking about the way we make friends at different stages in our lives. When we're kids, it's pretty simple. We moved from Manitoba to Ontario when I was 10. I went outside the day we moved in and a girl my age came over and said, "Hi, I'm Susan. Do you want to … Continue reading Making Friends in Retirement
Nick's still in Alberta, inspecting towers. I was initially surprised that they hired someone from Ontario for a job that's going to be primarily out west, but I suppose finding engineering students who are willing and able to climb these towers isn't as easy as you might think. He's been working from sun-up to sun-down … Continue reading Outside the Comfort Zone
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