Many people find that their view and experience of their retirement may be very different from what they expect. Reality can be a pretty harsh awakener (especially if it’s your retirement). Continue reading “Retirement – the truth v the vision”
Tag: worklife
How does your journey to work make you feel?
Many of us acknowledge that the journey to work is a real drag, that arduous commute, changing from 1st gear to 2nd, or jammed into a stuffy bus or tube train (that’s probably where you are reading this now). This is no way to make you feel uplifted and positive about the day to come – far from it! Continue reading “How does your journey to work make you feel?”
What if all jobs paid the same?
Can you imagine if all jobs paid the same ? The wage was enough for you, and you could choose any job at all. Continue reading “What if all jobs paid the same?”
Why not turn your passion into a profession?
Can you remember all those dreams and goals which have been buried over the years (adulthood and rationality get in the way). Frequently, the job or past time which sparked your enthusiasm and joy when you were 8 years old, still holds a small candle of passion deep inside of you yet, years of growing up, school, work, stuff, responsibility and so on, has reduced it to the tiniest glimmering flicker – almost forgotten. Continue reading “Why not turn your passion into a profession?”
What your work really gives you? Money? Identity? Purpose ?
So that was the question I heard recently during a meeting with a firm of HR, Outplacement (that’s a nice word for redundancy) and At Retirement a specialists – a business who support people in career transition, and one who I have worked with for many years as their dedicated IFA. Continue reading “What your work really gives you? Money? Identity? Purpose ?”
Escaping The Bucket 