Moving through life's seasons
Last night at church, my friend Andrew asked me if I was enjoying my retirement. What a question! Of course I am! As I replied I realised how I was giving a personal testimony of how God has been at work in my life. Continue reading “A testimony from me”
Our good friend Beryl recently paid us a visit and we got into a conversation about retirement. It was really helpful for me at this stage as, when I asked her for her “tips” it didn’t necessarily go the way I thought it would. Continue reading “Conversation about retirement”
I thought it might be useful to outline, as I see it, the case for early retirement . This is partly on the back of conversations which I’ve had from curious friends, through to justifying it for myself. Continue reading “The case for early retirement”
Recently I came across The Retirement Manifesto blog. The writer is an American called Fritz and is a little ahead of me in terms of early retirement. He wrote a piece about his retirement speech where he listed his six lessons learned during his 33 year career. It is well worth reading and there are many points I completely agree with. In fact, I read the whole post to Rachel who very much liked it! Things I’ve learned from my career
That got me thinking. What lessons have I learned? Here goes….
Make sure you follow a career path where it will be of some use in society. This can be incredibly wide-ranging. Some will believe they have some kind of “calling” because of their beliefs, their convictions or matters of conscience. Continue reading “Things I’ve learned from my career”
For me it is hard to believe I have been retired for a week now. I keep thinking of this as a spot of annual leave before heading back to work on Monday. Having said that, it is sinking in a little more now and I thought it was time to reflect on the first week of retirement. Continue reading “First week of retirement”
By my reckoning, my career to date is about 36 years so far; I’ve always worked in this time without a gap between any jobs and it’s now time for some career reflections. Continue reading “Career reflections”
Today is the day, I’m retired! My escape plan has run its course, I’ve been into work and I’ve had my final meeting, handed back my ICT equipment, had a brief meeting with my manager and enjoyed a leaving ‘do’ at lunchtime. Continue reading “I’m retired!”