For this post I want to talk about some of the advantages of life on the margins when it comes to having no affinity to joining groups, particularly the herd or mainstream. Continue reading The Advantages of Not Belonging
“Fitting in” to me is a dirty word. To me it means you are living someone else’s idea of life. OK, let’s get on to how this relates to my RetCom life. I thought moving to my RetCom would require me to fit in. Continue reading Just Be Yourself
One of my lifelong problems is that I get bored too easily. Many times that happens soon after I have completed a focused mode project. I then say “What’s Next” and just can’t seem to figure that out. Continue reading Be Accountable For Your Boredom?
If you have been around RJsCorner much, you know that I am in a philosophical mode these past few years. Part of that has to do with my 2026 “Words Of Wisdom (WOW) project, but a bigger part has to do with learning how to think. That is what philosophy is all about. Continue reading Immanuel Kant ?
My latest pet project is “Boomer Years”. This project came about due to a recent post about those who claim that we Boomers are the cause of all our current problems. Continue reading Boomer Years – Another Pet Project
RetComs are strange places that many of us are forced into due to circumstances pretty much beyond our control. Some, like me, are “elder orphans”. We basically have no one to depend on when difficult times arise. Continue reading Being Unseen…RetCom Life
I’m feeling amazingly calm today so I thought I would give you a quick snapshot of where I have been spending considerable time lately. Continue reading Regular Visits To Bluish Haze
Age only matters when one is aging. Now that I have arrived at a great age, I might as well be twenty. Continue reading I Have Arrived…
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. Continue reading Passionately Curious
This post is about my Fundamental Purpose that I basically learned some 70+ years ago and has stayed with me since then. Continue reading Empathy – My Fundamental Purpose In Life
I have finally come to realize that there is a Fundamental Purpose that remains with us throughout our life. But there are also Life Purposes that come and go throughout our time on this earth. Continue reading What Is Your Life Purpose? …
Before I get too involved with this new topic at RJsCorner, I have put out there what annoys me the most about all the advertisements related to RetComs. Every time I see a picture from a RetCom it always has EVERY resident smiling Continue reading My Pet Peeve About Retirement Community Images
Friedrich Nietzsche was a unique philosopher of his time. He certainly came up with some controversial ideas. But some of them were simply genius. Continue reading Nietzsche & The Herd Mentality
I’m going to give credit where credit is due with this quote. I asked Open AI what was the essence of simplicity was. The above quote is what came out. I’m sure that very few people would give AI as the source; they would instead sign the author as themselves Continue reading The Essence Of Simplicity & The Future of AI
Socrates was born almost 2500 years ago in Greece. During his life he certainly had a lot to teach even us even in the 21st century. Continue reading Learn from Others…
I’m kinda considering moving to another RetCom, so I am now looking at the possibilities. Do I limit myself to a CCRC or maybe consider the other end of the spectrum and look into a 55+ facility with no medical … Continue reading RetCom Relocation?
I have always been very frugal with money, at least after I managed to get some of it. During my college years I had almost none of it left after tuition and room & board. So, spending money didn’t really … Continue reading What not to spend money on.
The post today is going to be about chairs. I know the title says something different, but I promise the link between chairs and anatomy will become clear pretty quickly. Continue reading An Anatomy Lesson From An 80 Year-Old
Simon & Garfunkel had a lot to do with me growing up. Even though I haven’t heard any of their songs in almost 40 years, I can still recite many of the words. The song that these words came from was called “The Boxer” from their album Bridge over Troubled Water released in 1970 Continue reading And Disregard The Rest…
It’s hard to imagine that the philosophy of “Simplicity” has been in existence for 3,000 years or more! I have not done much study of the day-to-day life of Greece, but compared to today, it must have been utterly simple back then Continue reading Simplicity, 410 BC Version
An important part of this new RetCom cornerstone here at RJsCorner is to give those of you who are not currently RetCom residents some suggestions about how to evaluate the facilities you might visit in the future. Critical to that is “The Pros & Cons List” Continue reading The Pros & Cons List
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