Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing ..read more

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing ..read more

How are going during Covid? Have you managed to keep sane ..read more

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing ..read more

In Finding my new Monday, I’ve loved meeting new people tackling their own versions of retirement, whether that’s a ‘second act’ or career reinventions or career pivots! But to meet new people isn’t always easy. As a teenager. I was quite shy when meeting new people.  Over time, and then being thrust into many different work situations, I gradually learnt to overcome shyness and now really enjoy meeting and talking with others.  I think travelling with our little dog Max also really helped to meet new people (well he doesn’t have sad puppy dog eyes for nothing). In fact, from a con ..read more

Sick of hearing stories of gap years for uni students and thinking ‘what about me’, then you’re not alone. The landscape of stereotypical young things having gaps years is changing. It’s not only tertiary students heading off to discover themselves before full-time studies. There is a growing trend of both corporate workers and empty nesters doing just that, going out and finding their own Mondays by exploring the world. Retirees & over 50 are also setting off for their own gap years, and more businesses are designing programs that best suit this growing market. According to rese ..read more

Re-purpose – meaning to adapt for a different purpose, is an interesting word and probably one gaining wider use in current times.  The word re-purpose can take on many meanings, from an object being re-purposed (recycled), to an existing role being re-purposed, or even to how we can re-purpose our career skills in a different environment. One of things recommended when thinking about retirement is to look at volunteering, and this may be a great way to not only connect with others, but to re-purpose those career skills. Over the years, we may have already volunteered, through mothe ..read more

How did you get where you are, in the job that you are doing, where you live and what relationships you have? My guess would be it’s your values that have been the huge motivator in the way you work, and in how you live. When the things that we do in life and how we behave match your values, life is pretty good. When they don’t it’s often when we feel most unhappy. Our values can also help us navigate our futures, by asking ourselves what do we really value and how can we make sure we align our values into retirement or in a ‘second act’? Defining our values can really help us id ..read more

The answer seems to be it depends! It may well depend on what work you did before you retired, or your current working environment and your health. According to one study by Dr Ephrem Cheng, a leading American scholar, on Age at retirement Vs Life Span, the investigation report, it found that the later executives in high powered roles retired the shorter their life spans! The results could be skewed with these executives facing enormous stresses therefore forming long term pressure states. Living in such a state over the longer term, has a strong correlation to your health in later life ..read more