As a retiree, I enjoy piddling around with hobbies and doing fun things with my leisure time. As a devotee of lifelong learning, I've been using my time to expand my knowledge in a few different areas. But I'm starting to think more about what I could be
doing to make a contribution/difference. I'm not washed up (yet!), and there are many opportunities for meaningful work.
Our local library offers free access to LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com), which has a plethora of courses in many different subject areas -- mostly computer software, business, productivity, and so on. I've actually found quite a few very interesting courses in music software and audio engineering on there, and there are several devoted to photography, nonfiction writing, etc. as well.
This evening I was bored and took a peek at the site for the first time in a while, and just for the heck of it searched for "retirement." This led me to a course on encore careers by Marci Alboher:
https://www.linkedin.com/learning/marci-alboher-on-encore-careers/the-essence-of-the-encore-movement
Looks like a good use of a couple of hours.
I also came across this course by Gary Bolles (son of career planning hero Dick Bolles):
https://www.linkedin.com/learning/the-new-rules-of-work/welcome
So, perhaps something is stirring that I should pay attention to. Maybe it's time to think about new directions.
