My affair

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I’m having an affair but more of that in a minute!

The concept of retirement for a person who has been in the workforce for 50 years is quite significant.

Having set up and run Registered Training Organisations in the corporate and not for profit sectors sliding into the role of paid employer surrounded by many layers of bureaucracy has been a soft landing and the bonus is that I have been doing stuff I love such as developing on line learning in health related areas.

I have worked for TAFE in the last year or two. An organisation that I have loved for the amazing chances it provides for people who without it would have limited options. It does great things and is full of great people.  People describe TAFE as a family and they are right. There is the sad uncle and the agony aunts, the political cousins and the members who you want beside you when the firing starts. There are so many people with huge hearts, open minds and great good humour who work for TAFE. As I leave this workforce they are the people I will miss most.

In every workplace I have found a small handful of people that I want as friends. As I’ve moved on to the next workplace some of those have stayed friends and others have faded away. I guess it is this unknown of which friends will be part of my forward journey that makes leaving work a little daunting

And so I start my new affair, with retirement.

Affair=A romantic relationship that is not with the person you are married to and often of brief duration

Retirement proper (or hopefully improper) will begin on Tuesday when I fly to Singapore. I’ll let you know how long the affair lasts!