Feminist Women Retiring with Gusto!

In October 2008 I retired from a career of over 30 years as an educator. It has taken me
nearly 59 years of living to come to this place in my life. I’ve been a daughter, a sister, a wife okay, several wives .. but I’m not sure that wording really tells the tale accurately either), a mother, a friend, a student, a grandmother, a teacher, a traveler, a thinker, an artist, a dreamer. I’ve lived in many cities, in several countries, and visited many more. I’ve climbed a mountain or two. I’ve lived in peace and in war.
I’ve learned things and forgotten them. Nothing in my life’s
experience, and everything in my life’s experience
has prepared me for this journey into a
new place and way of being.

I’ve always known what came next (or thought I did
at least); entering retirement, though, for the first
time in my life I didn’t know what I wanted to do.
That’s been exciting … and chillingly frightening.
Now there are new questions that need answers.
What will my identity be? What will I do every
day? Will it be lonely? Will I become everyone’s
go-fer? What should I expect emotionally?
Will I stay healthy? Will life shrink? How will my
partner deal with me not being a workaholic?

So many questions to think
about and so many ideas
to explore.

You can read my blog
and follow my quest.

You can invite me to lead workshops
that will help you with your own
transition to this wonderful part of living.

Come explore this landscape
with me, and invite your friends
to join us. Together we’ll forge
some new understanding and find
ways to share what we learn with others.