Life on Hold: Transitions Waiting to Happen

Posted by Transitions Through Life on June 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment

“I haven’t died on schedule” wrote Mark Trautwein in his New York Times opinion piece (Sunday, June 5, 2011, p. 8). After his diagnosis he lived his life waiting to die. Prince Charles has spent a lifetime waiting to be King.

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When the Future Becomes Reality: Why Planning Ahead Doesn’t Always Work

Posted by Nancy K. Schlossberg, Ed.D. on April 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The conventional wisdom is that planning ahead for education, marriage, family, career, retirement pays off. Even though none of us can read tealeaves, we believe that planning, though unsettling, is a necessary guide to our future. So why is it so difficult?

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