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 RCL-4 : My Pet Peeve About Retirement Community Advertising
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. Continue reading WOW – Passionately Curious
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 RCL-4: 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 RCL-3 : The Pros & Cons List
Three years ago today I said goodbye to my beloved µRV. This is the last picture I would take of it as it was leaving the parking lot. Continue reading Goodbye to my µRV
I have been struggling for what I want to do with my artsy side throughout 2026. It just seems that I can’t settle on a new path forward. Maybe I am trying too hard and should just take it off the burner. Continue reading Celebrating My Artsy Side
I recently came across at article by Jane Francis over at the Medium (click HERE to see the article) about 8 “Weird” Things that highly people intelligent do. Seven of the eight things just seem normal to me. I guess … Continue reading I Thought Everyone Did That…
After initially thinking about this statement, I found it kinda depressing as if I concentrate of failure, but not success. It took a while to put these words in the proper context. Continue reading I Think A Lot About My Mistakes…
“Highly intelligent people spend a lot of time overthinking. ” Continue reading Overthinking… My Way Of Life
What made me choose a RetCom over just staying at the homestead? That is what this post is all about. Continue reading RCL-2: What Made Me Choose a RetCom?
Living in the moment is something that has always been hard for me to do. For one thing I overthink everything, for another is that for the most part my “present moment’ is usually pretty boring. 95% of my last … Continue reading Don’t Dwell In The Past
I recently read an article that likely explains a final piece of the puzzle as to why I am the person I am. That is because of a lifetime lack of support. Continue reading A Final Piece Of My Discovery Of Self
They might not have read a newspaper, but they have absolutely read everything in their social media account, and believe every word of it. Talk about ignorance. Continue reading About Ignorance
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