Redundancy and Early Retirement
My Journey
I worked in a minimum security correctional centre, teaching and managing education programs for male inmates for over 22 years.
I was made redundant in December 2016 and I look back at all the posts I wrote during this difficult time, from the announcement in May 2016 to my final week at work in December 2016.
‘You aren’t redundant — your job is redundant. You are still a much-loved, important, powerful and precious mother, husband, father, wife, person’.
We were important and we were valued by our colleagues and students. We worked hard for many years to improve the lives of our students. Senior management and Government ministers might not recognise or thank us for what we’ve accomplished, but luckily we know our own worth.
Writing these posts during this awful time helped me to cope, it gave me an outlet, a voice. Finding other bloggers in similar situations also helped.
Please feel free to contact me or leave me a message.
- Sharing some views of COVID 19 from Thailand, Mexico, Spain including my view from Tumbarumba, Australia • Travel Tales of Life
- The rail trail opening you have when you’re not having an opening (due to a pandemic)
- Autumn morning sunshine for Wordless Wednesday
- Keep calm and eat chocolate!
- Life goes on in my little cocoon
- Shots from along the road for Wordless Wednesday
- Congratulations to me!
- Finding Joy in difficult times – Read my guest post at Sizzling Towards 60 & Beyond
- Welcome to my (temporary) neighbourhood
- Friday Fiction – holiday reads
- To ring my bell or not?
- Cycling into the sunset – Wordless Wednesday
- Going Green and Gold for #SundayStills
- Walking on Water – Wordless Wednesday
- Jump in for a chat and a February update
- Taking Stock for #Lifethisweek
- Near and far views for Sunday Stills
- An Echidna comes to visit – Wordless Wednesday
- Are these 5 of the best retirement locations in Australia? Some of my words as a guest over on Retiring Not Shy’s blog.
- Friday Fiction – Bodies, Mermaids and Sand Talk
- #12 steps to having an awesome time at Tumbafest
- Don’t get taken for granted – Wordless Wednesday
- How do you manage to balance your self care in the world of social media?
- Friday Fiction – A Marriage Unarranged
- Baby Shower Fun and Games
- A touch of paradise for Wordless Wednesday
- Something sweet for Sunday Stills
- Friday Fiction – a virus taking over the world??
- Sunset views over the back gate – Wordless Wednesday
- Coming out of the shadows – Sunday Stills
- Join me for a chat and a January update: Jumping into the New Year
- A helping hand is always welcome – Wordless Wednesday
- 12 things to do before turning 60
- It’s enough to turn us all grey!
- Summer Days – Wordless Wednesday
- When the granddaughter you were expecting turns into a grandson!
- How do people react when devastating bushfires strike?
- This was my 2019 blogging year – it was pretty complex!
- London calling – Wordless Wednesday
- Forty years of married life – makes us sound old!
- Somerset views for Wordless Wednesday
- Jump into the New Year with me
- Of all the things I worried about, a bushfire bearing down on my home wasn’t one of them
- What is on your TO BE READ List? A fun #BookTag
- My 2019 Reading Challenge and Top Reads
- Winter Solstice number 2 for the year!
- Putting the Deb in Debrecen on Wordless Wednesday
- Another Friday with answers to three questions plus an F word thrown in
- Happy Birthday – a birthday letter to myself
- Friends for life! Wordless Wednesday
- Finding Peace for Sunday Stills
- Three questions on Friday #7 and this week’s F words
- What is the Globetrotting Granny up to now? Come join me for a cuppa as we farewell November and welcome December!
- Feeling chill for #SundayStills
- Friday’s 3 questions and some more F words
- Sunshine on a cloudy day for Wordless Wednesday
- Favourite photos revisited for #SundayStills
- Three questions on Friday #5 – what’s your F word this week?
- Is there a benefit to jet lag? Wordless Wednesday
- Three questions on Friday #4 – insert your own F word!
- Sending you rainbows – Wordless Wednesday
- Why involving Grandma in your pregnancy is a good idea – written by a Granny (obviously)
- Three questions on Friday #3 – simple and complex all at once
- Snowballs in Spring in Australia? Wordless Wednesday
- Join me for a cuppa and a chat as we outrun October and give November a nudge
- What has been the most unusual, unexpected or just plain weird connection you’ve made as a blogger?
- Three questions on a Friday #2
- Wordless Wednesday: Meeting IRL
- Three questions on a Fabulous Friday
- The hills are alive….on Wordless Wednesday
- A travel quiz with a difference!
- Want to know what you said? Here are your responses to the question ‘HOW do YOU blog?’
- Wordless Wednesday: Incredible India
- The Power of a Pink Octopus
- Friday Funday at Floriade
- Dottie and the Wombat
- Come in for a cuppa and a chat as we spring from September into October
- The tooth that broke the camel’s back
- Have you ever felt discombobulated?
- Life is rough so you gotta be tough! Some thoughts from a Globetrotting Granny
- Come driving with me – it’s a long way from Tumbarumba to Southmead’s NICU!
- Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart – why I’m taking a blogging break
- How are you ageing? – Ageing Well in August # 3
- An Echidna love train on Wordless Wednesday
- HOW do YOU blog?
- Ageing Well in August # 2
- What’s on the list of Winners and Losers for this week #23
- Tumbarumba becomes a winter wonderland – Wordless Wednesday
- What makes me laugh?
- Getting up close and personal
- Ageing Well in August # 1
- Who made the Winners and Losers list for week #22
- Sunrise pics for Wordless Wednesday
- Come in for a cuppa and a chat as we travel from July into August
- Feeling Mellow Yellow….
- Journaling in July Week – The Final Days
- Who made the Winners and Losers list for week #21
- A Sunset for Wordless Wednesday this week
- Favourite Seasons – through Sue’s eyes
- Triangles – what part do they play in our lives? Have you ever asked yourself that question?
- Sharing some views of COVID 19 from Thailand, Mexico, Spain including my view from Tumbarumba, Australia • Travel Tales of Life
- The rail trail opening you have when you’re not having an opening (due to a pandemic)
- Autumn morning sunshine for Wordless Wednesday
- Keep calm and eat chocolate!
- Life goes on in my little cocoon
- Shots from along the road for Wordless Wednesday
- Congratulations to me!
- Finding Joy in difficult times – Read my guest post at Sizzling Towards 60 & Beyond
- Welcome to my (temporary) neighbourhood
- Friday Fiction – holiday reads
- To ring my bell or not?
- Cycling into the sunset – Wordless Wednesday
- Going Green and Gold for #SundayStills
- Walking on Water – Wordless Wednesday
- Jump in for a chat and a February update
- Taking Stock for #Lifethisweek
- Near and far views for Sunday Stills
- An Echidna comes to visit – Wordless Wednesday
- Are these 5 of the best retirement locations in Australia? Some of my words as a guest over on Retiring Not Shy’s blog.
- Friday Fiction – Bodies, Mermaids and Sand Talk
- #12 steps to having an awesome time at Tumbafest
- Don’t get taken for granted – Wordless Wednesday
- How do you manage to balance your self care in the world of social media?
- Friday Fiction – A Marriage Unarranged
- Baby Shower Fun and Games
- A touch of paradise for Wordless Wednesday
- Something sweet for Sunday Stills
- Friday Fiction – a virus taking over the world??
- Sunset views over the back gate – Wordless Wednesday
- Coming out of the shadows – Sunday Stills
- Join me for a chat and a January update: Jumping into the New Year
- A helping hand is always welcome – Wordless Wednesday
- 12 things to do before turning 60
- It’s enough to turn us all grey!
- Summer Days – Wordless Wednesday
- When the granddaughter you were expecting turns into a grandson!
- How do people react when devastating bushfires strike?
- This was my 2019 blogging year – it was pretty complex!
- London calling – Wordless Wednesday
- Forty years of married life – makes us sound old!
- Somerset views for Wordless Wednesday
- Jump into the New Year with me
- Of all the things I worried about, a bushfire bearing down on my home wasn’t one of them
- What is on your TO BE READ List? A fun #BookTag
- My 2019 Reading Challenge and Top Reads
- Winter Solstice number 2 for the year!
- Putting the Deb in Debrecen on Wordless Wednesday
- Another Friday with answers to three questions plus an F word thrown in
- Happy Birthday – a birthday letter to myself
- Friends for life! Wordless Wednesday
- Finding Peace for Sunday Stills
- Three questions on Friday #7 and this week’s F words
- What is the Globetrotting Granny up to now? Come join me for a cuppa as we farewell November and welcome December!
- Feeling chill for #SundayStills
- Friday’s 3 questions and some more F words
- Sunshine on a cloudy day for Wordless Wednesday
- Favourite photos revisited for #SundayStills
- Three questions on Friday #5 – what’s your F word this week?
- Is there a benefit to jet lag? Wordless Wednesday
- Three questions on Friday #4 – insert your own F word!
- Sending you rainbows – Wordless Wednesday
- Why involving Grandma in your pregnancy is a good idea – written by a Granny (obviously)
- Three questions on Friday #3 – simple and complex all at once
- Snowballs in Spring in Australia? Wordless Wednesday
- Join me for a cuppa and a chat as we outrun October and give November a nudge
- What has been the most unusual, unexpected or just plain weird connection you’ve made as a blogger?
- Three questions on a Friday #2
- Wordless Wednesday: Meeting IRL
- Three questions on a Fabulous Friday
- The hills are alive….on Wordless Wednesday
- A travel quiz with a difference!
- Want to know what you said? Here are your responses to the question ‘HOW do YOU blog?’
- Wordless Wednesday: Incredible India
- The Power of a Pink Octopus
- Friday Funday at Floriade
- Dottie and the Wombat
- Come in for a cuppa and a chat as we spring from September into October
- The tooth that broke the camel’s back
- Have you ever felt discombobulated?
- Life is rough so you gotta be tough! Some thoughts from a Globetrotting Granny
- Come driving with me – it’s a long way from Tumbarumba to Southmead’s NICU!
- Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart – why I’m taking a blogging break
- How are you ageing? – Ageing Well in August # 3
- An Echidna love train on Wordless Wednesday
- HOW do YOU blog?
- Ageing Well in August # 2
- What’s on the list of Winners and Losers for this week #23
- Tumbarumba becomes a winter wonderland – Wordless Wednesday
- What makes me laugh?
- Getting up close and personal
- Ageing Well in August # 1
- Who made the Winners and Losers list for week #22
- Sunrise pics for Wordless Wednesday
- Come in for a cuppa and a chat as we travel from July into August
- Feeling Mellow Yellow….
- Journaling in July Week – The Final Days
- Who made the Winners and Losers list for week #21
- A Sunset for Wordless Wednesday this week
- Favourite Seasons – through Sue’s eyes
- Triangles – what part do they play in our lives? Have you ever asked yourself that question?
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