The various things about retirement that most don’t consider.
Life On My Own A couple of weeks ago I posted about building my fortress of solitude in my 800 sq ft Retcom apartment. In that post I mentioned LOMO but didn’t explain it much. This post does that explainin. I am finally able to admit that I am now the happiest I have been in at last last ten years and maybe ever. My … Continue reading Celebrating LOMO
The reason I am writing this series of posts here at RJsCorner is to maybe help you discover the emotional “secrets” to what lies beyond retirement day. Maybe I can help some of you so you might not make the same mistakes as I did. Continue reading The Emotional Side Of Retirement
One of the most difficult things about living in retirement, especially for us elder orphans living in a retirement community, is “time drift“. I don’t know if I invented that phrase, but it certainly applies to me at this time in my life. I can count on one hand the number of people who have come into my apartment for a visit in the last … Continue reading RetComLife – Time Drift
I came across some statistics lately about the dining industry that I believe explain some about the problems of my RetCom’s (retirement community) dining problems of not being able to build a reliable waitstaff. There were many of them in my source but for this post I will concentrate on just three. If you want to see the whole article click HERE. My RetCom has … Continue reading RetComLife – Info About Waitstaffs
This is a continuation of yesterday’s post about trying to start up a new activity here in my RetCom (retirement community) that is focused toward us guys. Yesterday I talked about two possibilities: woodworking and model building. Today’s post is about a third path forward and that is Lego. I know many of you are probably saying that Lego is for kids, but since old … Continue reading RetComLife – The Thing About Men: Part 3 – Finally, The Project
I have been in my RetCom home for 14 months now, and am slowly making some friends here. Being deaf and having Aspie traits has made that process difficult as it has for most everything in my last 35 years. Finding my place here has been a struggle. I tried to start up an activity pointed towards hearing loss issues, but that just didn’t pan … Continue reading RetComLife – The Thing About Men: Part 2 -Let’s Build Stuff”
Before I get into the basic idea for this 3-day series about Retirement Community Life, I need to give you a little basic background. “Just the facts” as Joe Friday used to say on the TV show Dragnet. Most RetComs (retirement communities) are usually about 75% women and 25% men, and the majority of the staff of the community are primarily women. So, we men … Continue reading RetComLife – The Thing About Men Part 1: Just The Facts…
During my two major trips, and even in between, I have visited about a dozen different retirement communities across the country. This review will be the last one in that category. Two weeks ago, I finally managed to visit an actual “Active” Retirement Community. The review of this facility, and some final thoughts on the topic will be what this post is all about. To … Continue reading RetComLife – Retirement Community Review… One Final Time
This might seem like a strange title for a post in my retirement community life category, but I kinda think that as a result of 2+ years of COVID, it likely describes the current sit-down dining option in many retirement communities. For all you city folks, I will let Wikipedia describe just what a feedlot is. That is kind of like what happens when retirement … Continue reading RetComLife – Feedlot Dining
Ok, I have been in my RetCom** over a year now, but I had yet to join any regularly scheduled activity. I did try to start up a support group that would help hearing challenged folks here have a better life, but that was a bust. Hundreds of folks here wear hearing aids or have little hearing left, but few are interested in learning new … Continue reading RetCom: Fitting In – Grumpy Old Men
I now have over 40 posts in the category of RetComLife (retirement community life), so I have decided to now forego the numbers in the title line. My RetComLife posts up until now, have been about the “dos and don’ts” and possible choices of selecting a place to live in our senior years, or finding the right place for a loved one. After much search, … Continue reading RetComLife – Stories About Fitting In (aka becoming one of the gang)
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