Articles

Don’t Just Retire.

REINVENT!


  • A Retirement Home Checklist

    A Retirement Home Checklist

    Knowing what to look for in a retirement home, is a challenge. It takes an expert to know what questions to ask and what red flags… Read more

  • Creating A Work Community

    Creating A Work Community

    I know I took for granted the importance of the community that I had when I was working.  I didn’t take the individuals for granted, I… Read more

  • Delay Replacing Your Phone

    Delay Replacing Your Phone

    Getting a new phone, even a hand-me-down one, should be exciting: new technology, greater capabilities, more battery power. But, I’ve found that it sends me into… Read more

  • Internal “Wrinkles”

    Internal “Wrinkles”

    Everyone is familiar with the external effects of aging. It comes as no surprise that over time skin wrinkles and hair greys. But what are the… Read more

  • Taxing Reminders

    Taxing Reminders

    This is more of a rant and reminder than my usual content. Frustration with government bureaucracy seems to be universal no matter what part of the… Read more

  • Persist With Your Social Media

    Persist With Your Social Media

    Social media is an undeniable presence in modern life. “62.3% of the world’s population,” uses social media for an average of 2 hours and 23 minutes per… Read more

  • Fortifying Your New Direction

    Fortifying Your New Direction

    It’s discouraging to toil away at something that’s meaningful to you and not receive any recognition. You start to think, “What’s the point? Why bother when… Read more

  • Get Used To Making Mistakes

    Get Used To Making Mistakes

    Part 2 on The Benefits of Making Mistakes (click here to read part 1) It’s important to make mistakes. I’m not kidding. If you’re getting life… Read more

  • The Benefits Of Mistakes

    The Benefits Of Mistakes

    As a teacher, I often made mistakes. I realized when I started teaching the older grades that there were going to be times when the students… Read more

  • Not If, But When, You Exercise

    Not If, But When, You Exercise

    Did you know that the time of day that you exercise effects the results that you achieve? I didn’t. Like most people, I’ve struggled to find… Read more

Hi, I’m Caroline.

The author smiling while wearing a burgundy t-shirt and a grey and pink crocheted cross-body bag.

I retired after a long career.

And now what?

It’s a disorienting time of life.

This site explores possibilities, digs into self-discovery, tries to understand the third chapter, and gathers others who are also searching for their next steps.

Most importantly, it’s a way to support each other as we go