IOver the ncext few posts I will be looking at opportounity, I hope you enjoy where my thoughts take me. Let me ask you something. When was the last time you knocked on a door you were not sure would open? If you are like many seniors, it has been a while. We get comfortable. […]

Let me start with something that still amazes me after nearly eighty years. The human brain has remained virtually unchanged for the past hundred thousand years. The same brain that lived in caves, painted on walls, and huddled around fires is the same brain sitting in your skull right now. The same fears. The same […]

Let me ask you something. When was the last time you read a fairy tale? Not to a grandchild. Not as a favour. For yourself. If you are like most seniors, it has been decades. We put away fairy tales somewhere around the time we put away dollhouses and toy trucks. We decided they were […]

 Let me tell you something we do not talk about enough. As we age, our circle grows smaller. It is just true. The phone rings less often. The holiday card list shrinks. The chairs around the table that used to be full now have empty spaces where laughter used to sit. And if you are […]

Let me tell you something that took me nearly eighty years to figure out. Life is not a spreadsheet. It is not a carefully calibrated plan that you execute flawlessly until you run out of time. If it were, we would all be bored out of our ever-loving minds. No, life is a surprise machine. […]

I know it is easy to look around right now and feel the world coming apart. The news is relentless. The arguments never end. The ground that felt solid yesterday seems to shift beneath us today. And if you are over sixty, you have seen versions of this before, different details, same unease. But here […]

You are eligible for Old Age Security (OAS) immediately, and your Canada Pension Plan (CPP) payments are no longer penalized for early withdrawal. Annual Expenses Remain the Same The average Canadian retiree still spends approximately $41,000 per year on living expenses . How Much Help Do You Get from the Government at 65.4? Federal Programs […]

 I retired at officially at age 60. I worked or unretired for another 8 years and finally retired at age 68, So,  I was curious as to hat the retirement age was in 2025. The numbers surprised me. As of 2025, the average retirement age in Canada hit a record high of 65.4 years . […]

You may have noticed that in many of my posts I lean on a familiar invitation: “picture this.” It slips in like an old friend, taps you on the shoulder, and says, “Come with me, I’ve got a scene to show you.” That habit didn’t come out of nowhere. It was shaped in a classroom, […]

 My friend said something to me the other day that I haven’t been able to shake. He looked at me over his coffee, that knowing look people get when they’ve lived long enough to stop caring about looking silly, and said: “Royce, did you know that if you get happy enough, you can actually hear […]