Stress Relief for Retirement: Using Your Five Senses
Retirement can be a challenging stage of life, as it often brings about uncertainty, loneliness, and a lack of clear purpose. Many retirees have...
Who you are, is not what you do.
As a retiree, I've learned that who you are is not defined by what you do. After leaving full-time work, I found myself struggling...
Surveying the low-stress, long-life values of the Okinawans
I have focused much attention on Okinawa, a Japanese island in the East China Sea. Its citizens enjoy an enviable lifestyle which is credited...
The Finish Line Fallacy
There are many fallacies about retirement
A note from Johann
Although I knew what retirement was all about before I reached the day my retirement started,...
Retirement Preparation and Lifestyle
Like any long journey, it needs careful planning
A note from Johann
Retirement itself often feels like a destination. After many years of work, retirement is...
Rediscover Your Calling Later in Life
A note from Johann
Until retirement, many people work at jobs because they have to make a living. But a job is not a calling....
Leaning Into Wisdom & Crystallized Intelligence
The good news is that we can develop our intelligence throughout life.
A Note From Johann
Specialists in cognitive psychology have been arguing for ages, trying...
Gaining Time in Later Life
Time becomes even more precious in retirement
A note from Johann
Retirement is a time of interesting paradox. Although we gain more time in retirement, our...
The Essential Retirement Investment: Relationships
Retirement can be a perilous time for relationships
A note from Johann
So many of the structures and building blocks of daily life change in retirement....
When and How to Focus on Building Your Legacy
The real legacy that you leave behind is in your stories
A note from Johann
It is in retirement that we often start thinking abut the...