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Category: Stepping Stones

Posted on January 1, 2019December 31, 2018

Photo-a-Day 7: End Your Day With Laughter

The other night in bed, I read a news clipping [yes, on real newsprint!] about decluttering. Good info and a relevant story. But I foolishly scanned the flip side–a depressing…

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Posted on October 11, 2018October 11, 2018

Retirement Stepping Stone 18: Sadness can intervene.

During my year, I lost a relative and our beloved dog. No fun…just when I was settling in a bit to my new chapter. How to deal with sadness? Maria…

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Posted on October 8, 2018October 8, 2018

Sharing Your Retirement With a New Family Member [10 Reasons Why]

Tried to adopt last August but that one didn’t work out. DUF [Dog Under Foot] showed up at a Senior Dog Rescue of Oregon pet adoption event two days ago.…

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Posted on September 29, 2018September 29, 2018

Retirement Stepping Stone 17: Retirement has become a state of mind.

I found that even though I returned to 30+ hours of work at a local school, I didn’t want to lose the retirement experience. And so, the minute I head…

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Posted on September 25, 2018September 25, 2018

Retirement Stepping Stone 16: Project overload…too many interests, too little time, and…

too little discipline. I started tons of projects, finished few. [I’ve written before about the ‘shiny object syndrome’.] These projects are still alive–some just a little beyond life support–and I…

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Posted on September 20, 2018September 20, 2018

Retirement Stepping Stone 15: ‘Time’s-a-wasting’ vs. ‘slow-down-and-savor’

I had earlier quoted my friend who noted that we were ‘in our fourth quarter.’ Kind of makes you want to squeeze in a whole lotta livin’. Welcome to the…

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Posted on August 27, 2018August 27, 2018

Retirement Stepping Stone 14: The company of dogs…not at all a bad thing.

When retirement came in November of 2016, there was immediate benefit: I had seemingly endless hours to spend with Boo, our six-year-old shelter pet. It was a time when morning…

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Posted on August 25, 2018August 25, 2018

Retirement Stepping Stone 13: Celebrate your new chapter.

We should celebrate our new chapter whenever we get the chance. Granted, some folks may have been ‘retired’ without their consent, but I guess I’m hoping those people will see…

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