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retirement writings

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Over the past few months I have been talking with many members of Men’s Sheds throughout the North Island of New Zealand, as well as reading extensively on issues relating to retirement. The key themes apparent in my study of retirement issues are that a loss of purpose upon retirement after decades of responding to the manifold demands of work and family can make life appear to be meaningless. Faced with a loss of purpose and a lack of meaning can lead people to give up hope. A sense of hopelessness is often what precipitates a rapid decline in physical and mental health in retired people, and it may be noted that the loss of hope can be the final straw which drives people to commit suicide. In discussions at the Shed about retirement, Shed members often refer to the fact that their fathers and other older male relatives were often dead within eighteen month of retirement. Studies have shown that eighteen months of feeling “blue” (not even mildly depressed) can have a severely negativ

feng shui art for sale

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I have been busy uploading my images of my Feng Shui artworks to my new blog: www.energyart2000.blogspot.co.nz/ Nathan at the Men’s Shed has been helping me with ensuring that my translations and interpretations of the calligraphy and texts are correct. In addition, I am preparing to produce a new body of work based on the I Ching as well as images and texts in Adjit Moorerjee’s book “Yoga Art”.