by Dr Denise Taylor | Feb 16, 2022 | Retirement
I was on LBC Radio at 2100 last night – 3rd January 2022 The subject was – to talk about the decisions that people can make to ensure that 2022 is a more meaningful and positive year than 2021. So glad it wasn’t about new year resolutions, I stopped making them...
by Dr Denise Taylor | Feb 13, 2022 | Inspiration, New Interests
Since buying a wood I’ve become more interested in woodland crafts. Coppicing was physically demanding, I loved basket making, and thought spoon making would be interesting. It is, but it was harder work than I’d expected. Wasn’t helped as I’d only got home really...
by Dr Denise Taylor | Feb 11, 2022 | Retirement, Self-Understanding
There comes a time when we may decide to think more about the future, what is right for us. I write around retirement, so this could be a time when you begin to think about how you want your life to be, moving forward. Career It could be this is the time for a...
by Dr Denise Taylor | Feb 9, 2022 | Retirement
How retirement can affect self-esteem This time I wanted to share a small aspect of my research. Retirement is not a single event, but a process over time. It also means that we begin to be affected by this event as we prepare and then transition to retirement. For...
by Dr Denise Taylor | Feb 8, 2022 | Elderhood, Inspiration, Turning 60
I know my own mind This stage of life where we consider retirement in all its forms is a time when we can drop the masks and be true to who we are. If we don’t will we carry on trying to fit in and if we do, at what cost to us? One of the things I like about getting...