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 | Jul 10, 2023 | Identity, New, Positive Thinking, Retirement Advice
If there’s one thing I learnt from retirement, it’s that it’s not a vacation. Yes, I had freedom. Yes, I travelled, and yes, I was sometimes found sipping a cold beer on my hotel balcony at 5 pm, but that’s where the similarity ends. The idea that, once you leave...
by George Jerjian | Jun 20, 2023 | Identity, New, Purpose
Most people, when they plan for retirement, think long and hard about changes in income streams and where they will go on vacation and yet, give little or no consideration to something which I believe is far more important; the impact leaving work will have on their...
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...
by George Jerjian | May 17, 2023 | Anxiety, Identity, Mindset, New
Have you ever been in a job so dull or painful that you’ve spent your days dreaming of retirement? Me too! I remember planning (in great detail) the adventures I’d go on, the places I’d see, the people I’d meet. And then, almost overnight, retirement happened. It was...
by George Jerjian | May 2, 2023 | Anxiety, Identity, Mindset, New, Positive Thinking
For most of us retirement is the end goal. The place we crave to be throughout our working lives. Endless days of rest, and relaxation. Answering to no one but ourselves. Free, calm and in control. What many of us don’t realise is that as we approach this exciting...
by George Jerjian | Apr 18, 2023 | My Story, New, Retirement Rebellion
“Your country needs you.” A familiar phrase. Getting the UK’s over-50s back to work is an appeal worthy of a war cry, it seems. The UK government and the Governor of the Bank of England have been urging newly retired over-50s to ‘do their bit.’ Those who left the...
by George Jerjian | Apr 4, 2023 | New, Positive Thinking, Purpose
I’ve been saying for years that planning for retirement can’t just be about cash flow and now it seems the world is starting to listen. You see there are hundreds of thousands of people out there who thought they had enough to retire on – then came Covid, the Ukraine...
by George Jerjian | Mar 20, 2023 | Identity, Mindset, New, Purpose
As seismic societal shifts go, the surge of people taking early retirement during and after the pandemic is one of them. For some, this was due to ill health, for most, it was a lifestyle choice. Covid shocked them to their core and awakened them to the fact that...
by George Jerjian | Mar 6, 2023 | Identity, New, Purpose
Why are we here? What purpose do we have? Who are we serving? These are not questions we often ask ourselves, are they? But there comes a point in life when we should… and that point is retirement. Why? Because that’s a perfect time to discover your new purpose in...
