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This is Tom’s Newsletter, a newsletter about Retirement.
I was forced to retire. I sustained a stroke which affected my ability to speak without remembering certain words and also my memory. I was also slower in my thinking. I did not want to retire. I feel I could not be effective anymore with my clients. I hope my brain improves over time. Since I am retired I have to find myself again. I wonder if this happens to others who retire. I did love my job and felt I was good at it. So part of retiring is grieving the loss of what I did and also exploring what to do now that I have all this extra time on my hands. I am also missing the strength I had before my arthritis limits my ability to do physical things. I do some dishes and have to rest. Most of the time I am achy when I do anything active. So I am grieving the loss of a well functioning body. My joke is that I ordered a new body but it is on backorder. LOL. This is the second month of my retirement. Being at home all the time is way different. I was an LPC or Licensed Professional Counselor or Psychotherapist. I met with clients for about an hour and listened to them about their feelings and life issues.