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There are days in retirement when I have no specific tasks or plans. These are the days when boredom and misery creep in. During working life, having a complete day with no targets or urgent matters to complete sounded idyllic but in reality, I don’t find that the case. I usually have a “to do”…

Keeping fit Many blogs about retirement have a focus on one of two areas: money or health. I consider myself very fortunate that I don’t have particular worries about either. We have an excellent financial adviser who we have trusted for many years to help with finding mortgages or investing any spare cash we’ve accumulated.…

A year on from retirement, I feel I am coming through the mist. The occasional work I did for my former employer has dried up. It was a sudden end and not handled well but I am trying hard not to miss the additional small income and to “move on.” Another role I had held…

Not another blog about retirement! But this is my personal experience. I retired at the age of 69 just over a year ago. Only now have I started to look at blogs about retirement and I discovered Kathysretirementblog.com which in turn introduced me to Robert Atchley’s Seven stages of retirement. I am usually averse to…