Passionate About Something?

Hazel's background in financial services, compliance management, training, coaching, being a mentor has allowed her to develop a number of insights into what will help people lead an active and fulfilling life in their voluntary retirement or forced retrenchment.    She found that for some people facing retirement they are worried about having a sense of disempowerment and not having enough to keep them fulfilled. 

 

Hazel runs an organisation called RubyCubes that helps people find and focus on their potential.  She mentioned that the courses she runs focuses on 10 areas in people's lives.  This morning she didn't mention all, but did mention some of them:  being physically healthy; being mentally stimulated; finding opportunities for recreation, and for creativity; developing relationships with others, and engaging in activities with them; finding voluntary work that may interest them, and exploring the idea of leaving a legacy for others; and being financially healthy.

 

The course encourages people to reflect on their current being, and develop a plan to ensure that they have a purposeful life well into the future.  They encourage people to develop a plan for the future that creates a sense of purpose, encourages collaboration and provides meaning in their lives, people are much more able to face their retirement future.

 

She provided a couple of short stories about how important it is to have a passion to follow into your retirement that gives you a purpose.  One was of a lady who was worried that her Nonna's recipes would be lost because her daughter was too busy to spend time doing the type of cooking that was tradition several generations before.  So she spent time re-creating those recipes, photographing them, and preparing supporting notes and stories about those recipes to pass on to the next generation. 

 

It is important to explore ideas, give things a go to help you identify something that you could be passionate about and then consider what skills you currently have that could be used to develop that interest.  So we were all requested to 'get into the driving seat, develop a plan, explore ideas . . . . and give it a go!'

 

Thanks Hazel.  Lots of ideas to ponder.  If you would like to know more, contact Hazel Ruby at www.rubycubes.com.au