by George Jerjian | Feb 14, 2025 | Change, Mindset, New, Purpose, Retirement Advice
It’s George here, and I’m excited to reconnect with you after an incredible journey! In March 2024, I embarked on a transformative gap year. Inspired by Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days, I created my own adventure. I visited five countries I had never seen...
by George Jerjian | Nov 20, 2023 | Change, Mindset, New, Retirement Advice
In my last blog I talked about change and why, as humans, we’re programmed from birth to fear it. We may physically age as we transition through life, but emotionally we still crave the comfort, calm, and self-confidence we had in our youth. Change is hard, there’s no...
by George Jerjian | Nov 9, 2023 | Change, Mindset, New, Retirement Advice
I’m going to start this blog with one of my favorite quotes as I think it sums up everything I wish to say about change and why we fear it… “Something in us wishes to remain a child, to be unconscious or, at most, conscious only of the ego, to reject everything...
by George Jerjian | Sep 26, 2023 | Change, Identity, New, Retirement Advice
In my last blog, we met Isaac, a 75-year-old, self-confessed extrovert. Isaac has been retired for ten years and life now, by his own admission, is far busier than it ever was when he was in work. His friend, Estelle, however, has a very different personality type. ...
by George Jerjian | Jul 24, 2023 | Change, Mindset, New, Positive Thinking, Retirement Advice
For the second part of my series on Retirement Life, I’m taking a deep dive into the world of work. Yes, I know, that’s the thing you’re supposed to leave behind when you retire, but I’m here to tell you that it absolutely shouldn’t be. Retirement is the time to...
by George Jerjian | Jun 5, 2023 | Change, Mindset, New, Purpose
The biggest challenge retirees face in retirement is not being able to replace the social connections that sustained them at work. They don’t always miss the work, but they sure do miss their friends. That’s just one of the many insightful conclusions researchers at...
