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Cinzea commented on 'Discovering Who I Am Without Work'

What I have come to realize since my retirement, is that I got to reconnect with my original self. You know the one. The girl who had all those hopes and dreams before she got married, had children and...

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Elizabeth commented on 'Discovering Who I Am Without Work'

I work for SMITH, the magazine where the six-word memoir challenge originated. I've been scouring the internet looking for good ones, and I wanted to let you know that I really like yours. You can see...

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Retired Syd commented on 'Discovering Who I Am Without Work'

Cinzea--I do know that girl and I'm really happy to meet her again! Elizabeth: Thanks for your encouraging words--I certainly will submit it!

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Sylvia - Women Retiring with Gusto! commented on 'Discovering Who I Am...

Ah yes, it is about the quest to discover who we are without our work to define us. And then there's the question of what do you put on a calling card that will communicate who you are? The challenge...

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Denise commented on 'Discovering Who I Am Without Work'

I just discovere your blog yesterday and I must say I love it. The way you openly describe your feeling about things, specially on the the non-money subjects feel to close to me. Keep up the good...

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Retired Syd commented on 'Discovering Who I Am Without Work'

@Denise: I just discovered your comment in my in-box and I must say I love you! Thanks for your nice comments and for reading.

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Leon C commented on 'Discovering Who I Am Without Work'

I like the part about " You don ' t know what you want to do in retirement until you are living in retirement ". I just retired two weeks ago and discovered your website. This is a good platform for...

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Retired Syd commented on 'Discovering Who I Am Without Work'

Thanks Leon. I hope you will share some retirement wisdom along the way as you discover it too!

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Retired Syd commented on 'Discovering Who I Am Without Work'

@Traveler: I agree. We need a new question at cocktail parties that gets at that. The "What do you do?" one doesn't cut it. But I think "Who are you?" might be a little off putting. Another commenter...

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Retired Syd commented on 'Discovering Who I Am Without Work'

@Tamara: Thanks for your comment. I remember that exactly. I'm so thankful to not be feeling that way anymore. I hope you will share your thoughts as you transition into retirement. And I hope you get...

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Tamara R commented on 'Discovering Who I Am Without Work'

Syd, I am sitting here shaking my head . . . I am exactly where you were three years ago. I am in my late 40's and seriously contemplating retirement. Well, actually more than contemplating. I plan to...

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Travelphotoperspectives.blogspot.com commented on 'Discovering Who I Am...

I realize that I may be digressing and thought I'd still share my thoughts. I figure you can always delete it: Aren't we (the society for the most part) used to identify a person through his/her...

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