In a sense, I had broken the pattern. While most of my friends were still considering upsizing or upgrading their homes, my wife and I were downsizing to a condo. To me, it was sort of the next phase of…
I have mastered the art of ordering at Subway. As for fear of sandwiches, I still hesitate before I step into a build-your-own sandwich place. In retrospect, it was no big deal. But at the time, I felt rather stupid.…
The interview was scheduled for 9:00 AM. I was excited. Potentially, it was going to be my first job in Canada. The hiring company was an International Distributor of consumer products. I located the office on a warehouse-lined street. It…
The well-dressed lady behind the counter was polite. I had seen the “Now Hiring” sign on her store window and had walked in to see if she would consider hiring me for the job. As she glanced through my resume,…
The retirement calculator was not complicated, but detailed. My friend Dino had sent it to me. Conversations among the folks that I hung out with at the club seemed to always drift towards retirement planning. No one was getting any…
The idea for the blog first came to me while I was watching the movie “Up in the Air.” The movie featured George Clooney as a corporate downsizer and dealt with the devastating effects of job loss – something that…