LIVING WITH A PURPOSE: Can it Prolong our lives?
The Japanese have a word for a sense of purpose "ikigai." (pronounced ick-ee-guy). The meaning is 'that which gives your life purpose.' ...
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terri fitzsimmons
- Jul 24
- 2 min
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU HAVE?
What are you waiting for? I am aware of the number of years, months, days stretching ahead of me, far less than those behind me. I know...
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terri fitzsimmons
- Jul 23
- 2 min
YOU ARE HERE
You are here in the present moment. You can actually point to and feel exactly where you are. Visual depictions of destination points...
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terri fitzsimmons
- Jun 2
- 2 min
AND SO I BEGIN MY 74TH CHAPTER
Today I beginning the seventy-fourth chapter of my life. Yesterday I recaptured my adventures in my seventy-third chapter before I closed...
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terri fitzsimmons
- May 7
- 2 min
GO AHEAD. MAKE MISTAKES
If there's one thing I have learned as I got older, is that I will continue to make mistakes. There is no getting around it. Because I am...
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terri fitzsimmons
- May 2
- 2 min
THRIVING: IN A NUTSHELL
I have been on several podcasts lately talking about how to thrive after retirement. How do I condense my ideas into a twenty-minute...
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terri fitzsimmons
- May 1
- 2 min
NOODLE IN THE POOL
For the past month, I have been quite ill, bedridden with the flu which did not want to leave me! I tried everything from hot tea,...
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terri fitzsimmons
- Apr 8
- 2 min
FROM SUFFERING TO THRIVING
Sticking to a routine is not easy. Believe me, I have faltered so many times! But there is that voice inside of me that tells me I can't...
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terri fitzsimmons
- Apr 1
- 2 min
SMALL STEPS LEAD TO GIANT LEAPS
Since I started this blog I reconnected with a group of five women who have retired within the past five years. They have shared with me...
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terri fitzsimmons
- Mar 30
- 2 min
Why lead a mediocre life? Learn to go from being in a state of dis-ease to self-actualization
Dis-ease is a situation of unease; it is a body that is not at ease, which means that the body is not within proper function. Now, most...
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terri fitzsimmons
- Nov 12, 2022
- 1 min
How Can I avoid Pollution?
The other day I was walking with my friend when the conversation turned to all the evils in our world, from rigged elections to...
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terri fitzsimmons
- Nov 5, 2022
- 1 min
Start Your New Life with These Books
The first book on my list of must-haves is 'The Daily Stoic' by Ryan Holiday: 366 meditations on perseverance, and the art of living. The...
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terri fitzsimmons
- Nov 4, 2022
- 2 min
Beginning my 73rd Chapter
I have been given a new leash on life. November 8, 2022, marks the fourth anniversary of the fire in Paradise in which my fiancé and...
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terri fitzsimmons
- Nov 3, 2022
- 1 min
Welcome to my new website!
I have been working on my new website and I am super excited to show you the finished product! I hope you like it!
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