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Defining Meaningful Retirement

Defining Meaningful Retirement

“Retirement” seems to be a time when many of us boomers take time to reflect on what we can do now that would be ‘meaningful’. Need a bit more income… Giving back is a common theme, however that often morphs into volunteering and many of us still need a bit more...
Deserve? or Don’t Deserve?

Deserve? or Don’t Deserve?

After you’ve been online for a while, you’ve heard all about ‘limiting beliefs’ and ‘what are your fears’ and ‘is it the thought of success or failure holding you back’. Keeper Of The Bees I collect old books, and I’m currently reading The Keeper Of The Bees by Gene...
Don’t Fear Fear

Don’t Fear Fear

Sometime ago I book-marked an article that I thought was worth keeping.  The title: How To Conquer Fear by Geoffrey James. Opening paragraph: “Fear is the enemy of success. Large rewards only result from taking comparably large risks. If you’re ruled by fear, you’ll...
Revisiting Minimalism

Revisiting Minimalism

I listened to a podcast recently wherein several minimalists were interviewed.  These, however, were not your usual minimalists.  Usually minimalists recommend decluttering, owning less, downsizing.  I suppose the podcast contributors did that, but not in the usual...
The Grandparent Economy

The Grandparent Economy

The Grandparent Economy.  The money not accounted, not changing hands, not requested… is a subject I become aware of regularly.  Today I’m putting pen to paper (or at least fingers to keyboard). Grandparents with pre-schoolers I was shopping this morning.  As the...