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.
- Before you give up, think about why you held on so long
- Shout Out Saturday#8 – who deserves a shout out??
- Sweetness and light – Wordless Wednesday
- Towering all over the world
- Proving that you’re never too old to learn something new
- Shout Out Saturday#7 – who gets your shout out today??
- A Flourishing Season – a family photo challenge
- Where were you during the Sydney Olympics in 2000?
- Shout Out Saturday#6 – Would you like to give someone a shout out??
- An update on my list of 12 things to do before turning 60
- Taking Stock – life at the moment
- Shout Out Saturday#5 – Do you have something to share??
- Good morning, farewell winter – Wordless Wednesday
- Jumping in and out of August
- Oops, I did it again! Sharing snaps for #lifethisweek
- Shout Out Saturday#4 – Care to share?
- A snow day on the Tumbarumba to Rosewood Rail Trail – Wordless Wednesday
- Composition – a family photo challenge
- What’s the view like from your window?
- Shout Out Saturday#3 – what are you sharing?
- Hip hip hooray, it’s Dottie’s first birthday!
- What do I really really want?
- Shout Out Saturday#2 – sharing is caring
- Friday Fiction – Books and movies are great company
- What a difference a week makes – Wordless Wednesday
- The awe-inspiring Glass House Mountains
- Shout Out Saturday – share your favourites
- A hop, skip and a jump into July!
- If 2020 was a food, what would it be?
- The wind beneath my tyres – a change of gears!
- Good morning from the beach – Wordless Wednesday
- Are you a Xanthophile?
- What good things have happened this year?
- Making a fairytale photo – Wordless Wednesday
- Variations on a Theme – a family photo challenge
- When crossing borders within Australia is a big deal
- The Blue Villa – Wordless Wednesday
- Once you have tasted the taste of sky, you will forever look up – Leonardo da Vinci
- Some therapy for your Wordless Wednesday
- Taking Stock – some thoughts on life
- Why would a blogger make a post private?
- Not much jumping from me in June!
- There is freedom within, there is freedom without 🎶
- Making a book versus writing a book – is there a difference?
- I bet you can’t look at this photo without smiling – Wordless Wednesday
- Watching the sunrise at Uluru is amazing!
- ‘They already knew what I was thinking and feeling; they were me’ – Melanie’s story | Bliss
- Drinking in some sparkling water on Wordless Wednesday
- 10 Ordinary Objects
- Hanging around on Wordless Wednesday
- Planting the seed of sharing pandemic experiences
- The dearest child is the child of your child
- What do you see? Wordless Wednesday
- Jump in for an update of May’s happenings
- Straighten up and fly right
- The Mathematician takes on Escher – Wordless Wednesday
- Images by the Dozen but without using numbers
- A guide to riding the Tumbarumba to Rosewood Rail Trail – read all about it here!
- Going AWOL after an emergency
- Friday Fiction – Confronting Reads
- Do you think it’s been a while since we’ve been out? Wordless Wednesday
- Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
- You are my sunshine – Wordless Wednesday
- Jump in for an April update
- Taking Stock – thoughts on life lately
- An Alphabet of Isolation
- Tumbarumba does autumn exceptionally well for Wordless Wednesday
- Grandmothers these days…
- A very different ANZAC Day – 25 April 2020
- Very different views captured in these strange times
- W is for Wordless Wednesday
- What I heard this week
- Friday Fiction – Comfort books and a Sibling War
- Riding into Wordless Wednesday
- What lifts your spirits? #SundayStills
- A message from the Queen? No, just me guesting with THE GIFT OF AN EARLY AND UNWANTED REDUNDANCY – over at Cresting The Hill
- Gum trees at sunset for Wordless Wednesday
- Jump in for a chat and a March update
- New motherhood perspectives in these challenging times
- 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
- Before you give up, think about why you held on so long
- Shout Out Saturday#8 – who deserves a shout out??
- Sweetness and light – Wordless Wednesday
- Towering all over the world
- Proving that you’re never too old to learn something new
- Shout Out Saturday#7 – who gets your shout out today??
- A Flourishing Season – a family photo challenge
- Where were you during the Sydney Olympics in 2000?
- Shout Out Saturday#6 – Would you like to give someone a shout out??
- An update on my list of 12 things to do before turning 60
- Taking Stock – life at the moment
- Shout Out Saturday#5 – Do you have something to share??
- Good morning, farewell winter – Wordless Wednesday
- Jumping in and out of August
- Oops, I did it again! Sharing snaps for #lifethisweek
- Shout Out Saturday#4 – Care to share?
- A snow day on the Tumbarumba to Rosewood Rail Trail – Wordless Wednesday
- Composition – a family photo challenge
- What’s the view like from your window?
- Shout Out Saturday#3 – what are you sharing?
- Hip hip hooray, it’s Dottie’s first birthday!
- What do I really really want?
- Shout Out Saturday#2 – sharing is caring
- Friday Fiction – Books and movies are great company
- What a difference a week makes – Wordless Wednesday
- The awe-inspiring Glass House Mountains
- Shout Out Saturday – share your favourites
- A hop, skip and a jump into July!
- If 2020 was a food, what would it be?
- The wind beneath my tyres – a change of gears!
- Good morning from the beach – Wordless Wednesday
- Are you a Xanthophile?
- What good things have happened this year?
- Making a fairytale photo – Wordless Wednesday
- Variations on a Theme – a family photo challenge
- When crossing borders within Australia is a big deal
- The Blue Villa – Wordless Wednesday
- Once you have tasted the taste of sky, you will forever look up – Leonardo da Vinci
- Some therapy for your Wordless Wednesday
- Taking Stock – some thoughts on life
- Why would a blogger make a post private?
- Not much jumping from me in June!
- There is freedom within, there is freedom without 🎶
- Making a book versus writing a book – is there a difference?
- I bet you can’t look at this photo without smiling – Wordless Wednesday
- Watching the sunrise at Uluru is amazing!
- ‘They already knew what I was thinking and feeling; they were me’ – Melanie’s story | Bliss
- Drinking in some sparkling water on Wordless Wednesday
- 10 Ordinary Objects
- Hanging around on Wordless Wednesday
- Planting the seed of sharing pandemic experiences
- The dearest child is the child of your child
- What do you see? Wordless Wednesday
- Jump in for an update of May’s happenings
- Straighten up and fly right
- The Mathematician takes on Escher – Wordless Wednesday
- Images by the Dozen but without using numbers
- A guide to riding the Tumbarumba to Rosewood Rail Trail – read all about it here!
- Going AWOL after an emergency
- Friday Fiction – Confronting Reads
- Do you think it’s been a while since we’ve been out? Wordless Wednesday
- Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
- You are my sunshine – Wordless Wednesday
- Jump in for an April update
- Taking Stock – thoughts on life lately
- An Alphabet of Isolation
- Tumbarumba does autumn exceptionally well for Wordless Wednesday
- Grandmothers these days…
- A very different ANZAC Day – 25 April 2020
- Very different views captured in these strange times
- W is for Wordless Wednesday
- What I heard this week
- Friday Fiction – Comfort books and a Sibling War
- Riding into Wordless Wednesday
- What lifts your spirits? #SundayStills
- A message from the Queen? No, just me guesting with THE GIFT OF AN EARLY AND UNWANTED REDUNDANCY – over at Cresting The Hill
- Gum trees at sunset for Wordless Wednesday
- Jump in for a chat and a March update
- New motherhood perspectives in these challenging times
- 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
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