Do you enjoy doing puzzles? As a child, I really enjoyed puzzles, much more so than my siblings, but now I rarely do them. The exception is when I care for my one-year-old great-niece. We do basic puzzles together. It’s a fun diversion, a challenge for her, and it’s satisfying to see the pieces settle… [Continue reading] Doing puzzles
Life and Work Transition Strategies Blog
Evaluating relationships as you retire
Are you good at evaluating relationships or do you let them take their course—some growing and flourishing, others becoming stagnant, and others dying due to lack of common interest? As you near retirement, it’s more important than ever to assess the state of your relationships and take action. Consider your special relationships first. Who among… [Continue reading] Evaluating relationships as you retire
Togetherness in retirement: for better or worse not for lunch
Are you planning for togetherness in retirement? Thinking about retirement is complicated enough. It’s even more challenging to plan this transition as a couple. Your ideal retirement may not seem so ideal to your spouse or partner. (Just ask someone who has ended up “living apart together.”) Understanding and empathy will help you acknowledge how… [Continue reading] Togetherness in retirement: for better or worse not for lunch
Reflections for moving forward during times of transition
Reflections for moving forward during times of transition all depend on one common denominator: you. You must take time to reflect on what you want to happen during a transition. Your success depends on identifying what has worked well for you and what has failed to serve your purpose in the past. (Check out the… [Continue reading] Reflections for moving forward during times of transition
Repeating history or moving forward through a transition?
Are you simply repeating history as you go through life and work transitions? Change, and the transition that follows change, happens to all of us in countless positive and negative ways. Caring for ailing family members, college entrance, death, divorce, graduation, leaving home, marriage, a new job, parenthood, retirement—it’s easy to follow the example of… [Continue reading] Repeating history or moving forward through a transition?
Examples of legacies
Have you decided on your legacy yet? I have given examples of legacies in previous blog posts including “Leave a legacy” and “What is your legacy from your parents?” What actions will you take in the next month to start or continue building a legacy for those you love? Here are some examples of legacies… [Continue reading] Examples of legacies
What is your legacy from your parents?
Did your parents leave you a legacy to be lived in your generation? You may be thinking “No, not a thing” especially if divorce, remarriage, prolonged illness and medical expenses, or failure to adequately plan for long years of retirement affected their lifestyle. However, as I explained in “What legacy did you inherit?” there are… [Continue reading] What is your legacy from your parents?
Leave a legacy
Are you leaving a legacy? On February 5, 2014, my father John F. Cascio quietly passed away after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Had he lived 2 days longer, he would have been ninety-six years old. During the last six years of his life, we especially appreciated the special times we had with my… [Continue reading] Leave a legacy
A positive mindset for the holidays and a lifetime
Having a positive mindset is a matter of consciously turning negatives into positives. You can apply this to your life during the holiday season and throughout your life. First consider • What are your emotions telling you? • How do you view the people around you? • What are you looking forward to? • What… [Continue reading] A positive mindset for the holidays and a lifetime
Is there a negativity gene?
Is there a negativity gene causing you to dread change and transition? It is possible. According to “Genes For Emotion-Enhanced Remembering Are Linked To Enhanced Perceiving,” a study led by Rebecca Todd and published in Psychological Science, almost 50% of people of Caucasian background have the ADRA2b gene that predisposes them to perceive negativity in… [Continue reading] Is there a negativity gene?