The state of recycling makes me sad and frustrated. Recently, while eating breakfast at a chain hotel, I watched as an employee emptied the recycling and garbage into the same bags. It happens all the time in hotels, the community and at work: recycling gets tossed out with the garbage after the consumer has dutifully… Continue reading Re-thinking Recycling
Author: Caroline@retiredandnowwhat.ca
I'm a life coach discovering the opportunities and growth in midlife and beyond.
Being Stuck
I’ve been there. Stuck. It’s that despondent feeling that you have to put up with a life situation because change is too difficult to even contemplate. As a young parent, I was stuck. I didn’t drive. Struggling In Winter Weather. I used a stroller to push my toddler through the snow to daycare before hopping… Continue reading Being Stuck
Your Home Serves You
What if your home’s purpose is to be a space where you can function? If it’s a place that serves me and my family, and what we want to do in the space, then I’ve been thinking about my home the wrong way for years. Assumed The Room’s Function. When the real estate agent described… Continue reading Your Home Serves You
Trusting The Blueberry
I just don’t trust nature. I see people eating vegetables that they’ve grown. I saw a couple harvesting apples from a tree in the neighbourhood. I’m fascinated by a YouTuber who makes cleaning products from natural items. But, I can’t do it. I can’t even pop a wild blueberry into my mouth. I wish I… Continue reading Trusting The Blueberry
Imperfect But Done
I keep completing things imperfectly. I get them done and then I do it again. Imperfect each time. I’ve noticed that when I keep going something special happens. Learn As You Go When I was teaching and I changed assignments to a different grade, it took several years in that new grade before I felt… Continue reading Imperfect But Done
Rest Is A Right, Not A Reward
I was listening to therapist, KC Davis on a podcast this morning,* when she said something that was mind-blowing to me. When we were kids, we were raised to finish our chores first and then we’d get to play. Rest was seen as a reward for getting our work done. Davis pointed out that as… Continue reading Rest Is A Right, Not A Reward
We Bring The Meaning
The meaning we give to an experience is unique to us. A butterfly landing on a sunflower can be a beautiful collection of colours to one person, but to another person it represents a visit from a beloved ancestor. We often believe that we know how an experience that we shared with others, effected them.… Continue reading We Bring The Meaning
Health Saboteur
There are times in my life when I’m feeling great and have a good balance of exercise, stretches and meditation…and then I stop. I feel good and so I stop doing all the things that were helping to make me feel good. I’ve repeated this cycle for years. I know friends who are on medication,… Continue reading Health Saboteur
The Power Of Age
Getting older is a good thing. I know that can be difficult to believe at times when you look in the mirror and barely recognize the face looking back at you. People will say that they feel the same inside as they did when they were 30 or 40 years younger. But do they really?… Continue reading The Power Of Age
What Is Valuable To Us?
“Hand over your valuables!” would have been a terrifying thing to hear when your stage coach was suddenly stopped on a deserted country road. In the past, things of value were tangible and could be taken from you and held by another. Friends were commenting that they had very little these days that would be… Continue reading What Is Valuable To Us?
Retired, And Now What? 