Don’t Just Retire.
REINVENT!
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Making Money
The temptation to turn a successful hobby into an income is strong. After trying to make money all my life, and being surrounded by a society… Read more
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Allowing Your Wisdom To Work
We’ve all experienced that frustrating situation. We’re trying to remember a name or a word and it remains just out of reach in our mind. We… Read more
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Joys Of Today
I’m trying to stay true to the perspective that this blog is build on. What happens when you retire? How does it feel? What are the… Read more
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Missing Friends And Connection.
Now that I’m out of the workforce and not seeing work colleagues every day, I’m feeling it. Collective loneliness: it’s loneliness from not being part of… Read more
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Difficult Emotions And Toxic Positivity
I find it one of the hardest things to do, to just sit with uncomfortable emotions. I want to talk about them and fix them. I… Read more
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I Named My Inner Critic
I gave my inner critical voice a name* and it’s made such a difference. I thought about her personality and what she would look like. For… Read more
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What is the best time of day?
Early morning. Watching anywhere as it starts to wake up. Everything moves slowly and quietly. The light is starting to brighten and if you’re in a… Read more
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Find Your Passion In How Things Work
I have no idea how most of the things that I rely on everyday work. It’s a mystery to me how my electric kettle boils my… Read more
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Building On and Moving On
“She failed retirement,” laughed a retired work colleague as she spoke about her partner. Her partner had tried to retire for a year or so but… Read more
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What are you keeping that no longer serves you?
I’m the first to admit that teachers are incessant collectors. We can’t help it. In a chronically under-funded education system, elementary school teachers use scraps of… Read more
Hi, I’m Caroline.
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
