Do you want to meet new like-minded people who share your interests, and you don’t know where to begin? I've got 26 ideas for you that only require a little creativity, initiative and a pinch of courage.
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Nine Ways You Can Brighten Up Your Life Now: Part 1 of 2
Within Each Ending is a New Beginning So many overwhelming endings and life changes happened in my fortieth year. For starters, my marriage ended. We sold our house and my children and I moved to our new home in a nearby town. My dad died, and my career went into a new direction. If my life were a book, several chapters ended at once. As painful as these events were for me, looking back now I see them as beginnings of my new life. I was not alone. Endings were all around me——deaths, divorces, jobs, and changing relationships. Fast forward two decades when I retired from a 35-plus year career.…
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The 3 Biggest Mistakes I Made When I Retired…and How I Fixed Them
A Pivotal Moment in a Major Life Transition I experienced an awkward moment at a women’s event when someone asked for my business card. I had recently ended my 30-plus year career, didn’t have a current business card, and when asked what I did, I didn’t know quite how to answer. Without my business card, I had no job title, company, address, or contact information. I felt invisible without my career identity. I responded, “I recently retired.” This answer often stops the conversation cold or elicits benign responses such as “must be nice”, or “oh, I could never retire”. Then the conversation quickly shifts. The better conversationalists ask a second…
