Welcome to my new blog and my first post!
My New Year Resolution achieved!!
When I retired I was often asked if I
missed work. It was a fair question as I
always had many projects on the go and I showed no signs of slowing down. However strangely enough I found I could
honestly answer the question with a definite “no”! Work was a satisfying challenge and provided
a good living but retirement has been a release where I can now pursue my many
interests.
My husband and I often say
“how did we find time to work”. Many of our friends say the same thing but
sadly there are those who find retirement miserable and unproductive.
I am a firm believer that having a positive
attitude to life helps in enjoyment and in overcoming the more difficult times.
Try smiling, look happy, look for the good
not the bad, what can I do not what can’t I do.
Okay this is easier said than done but I want to explore what is
possible and maybe provide a few pointers. This approach certainly helped when I was coaching people.
I aim to update the site as often as
possible but bear with me in these early days and sharing with you how we can stay as young as possible and enjoy life!
Motivating those in their 50's is a noble objective, but for me, my 50's are being the most challenging decade so far. Let's see - company being aquired and taking the pay-off, setting up a consultancy for 4 years, closing the consultancy, taking another senior job, currently being headhunted for yet another job, setting up a recording studio, recording & promoting 5 self penned albums, buying a house in France, becoming part of French town society whilst living mostly in England, starting playing solo live gigs, getting married, moving house in the UK, starting music publishing activities, etc. But it does raise an interesting question - when do you stop full-time earning and take the plunge into retirement? I'd love to do the music full time, but given today's annuity rates, it's a difficult choice for some of us in the 'still in their 50's brigade'!
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