How to Spend the Golden Years With Your Retirement Oasis

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By Noel Nicolas Villarosa

June 18, 2012

Many of us will dubiously ask ourselves, "What kind of life is waiting after retiring from a job?" Hastily, we chase time in a manner of skipping moments by moments, not realizing that we are already at the end of the road. But what do we get in return? A physical and mental fatigued. A closer look at what is happening is the impact of a recession. More alarming and sad to say that most of us are worrying for the next episode of our lives after retiring from our job, for many have failed, if not, keep a substantial amount in their savings, while some are confident that their retirement pension would cater their needs. What does this mean to all of us? It means that much older age will still inch themselves to the workforce to find a suitable job in order to sustain themselves food and shelter. Chances are so narrow that they could get hired because of the youth-obsessed employers and that they are now classified as has-beens. Golden years could still be relaxing with your retirement oasis by considering this friendly advice.

• If you feel that you can still perform the task assigned to you, why not delay your retirement to add more on your savings account, and add zest to your life. Always feel the vigor in your body and mind by keeping yourself on the move, and keeping away from idleness will help you become more productive and creative. Productive people can always think of a better future because they know where to put their hard-earned money, and later be added to their retirement cushion.
• Plan ahead, and always think that your insurance won't be around to take care of you, and this means you need to create another source of income outside from your retirement fee. Make a contingency plan to navigate all possible expenses, that there should be separate funds for your health needs, and for some emergency that crops up.
• Re-assess your retirement plans and reduce your expenses to create a new structure of your life and career planning. And from this point, you can decide what kind of life you want and reckon the income you need for your chosen lifestyle. Learn from financial gurus to understand more about investments. They could offer you a great deal to tie up your earnings to a much stronger and viable corporation. You just need to be more diligent and aware of the trend in the stock market.
• Fulfillment shows up when you feel satisfaction in everything that you do. Make a difference in your life; while you no longer tied up to your job, you are in full control of your time. Supposedly, you are holding enough money to sustain your life, another way to be more fulfilled is to determine your talent or expertise, and start your own business; or you can determine services that interest you, like volunteering in charitable work, making a breakthrough in community development, and joining more crusades in preserving the beauty of our mother earth. Finding suitability for yourself is going through self-assessment that will help you find your purpose to live an active life again.
• Building friends around you is extenuating the feeling of being ineffectual. Trusted friends and relatives will be your last resort for relying on when hit by hard times. Your retirement does not only end resting inside your house; it is also spending more vividly outside with your dream-purpose.

Noel Nicolas Villarosa is a poet, and also writes an article about self-improvement and motivation. You can read all his poems and articles at http://pinoylifefacts.blogspot.com/.

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How to Feel Great Within You

By: Noel N. Villarosa
2 June 2012

Most of us nowadays feel we don't know how to appreciate life anymore. We feel as we were left all alone with no one else to rely on but ourselves, and when we have reached the limit of our patience, we can do nothing but feel miserable all the times. The feeling becomes heavier if caught in an undesirable situation while still recuperating from the unfortunate loss. Many would have said that how unlucky they are to suffer such circumstances. The system, environment, people, beliefs, and technology are all in wavering conditions that push us to the limit. But you are created worthy, and worthy people can make a major change in their lives. Here is some friendly advice on how to feel great within you.

Be Contented. Thanking God for what you get every day is filling your unfulfilled dreams with overwhelming satisfaction. Stop the amour propre display if deep inside you is an inferior soul orbiting between compulsive preoccupation with something and self-love. Nothing can be more exhilarating than being a God-centered and stay humble as always.

Be an Admirer. No one should disregard the gift of admiration, as it is indispensable if one should weigh the significance of the comparison of beauty in physique and the surroundings. A leisurely walk packed with self-respect and great dignity while you greet people you pass by with a smile, or be grateful that you can see the sun radiating light to all leaving creatures, or feel free to say some praising words to someone you meet somewhere can be exalting and redeeming.

Be Active. Compel yourself to do something relieving. Doing some extraordinary activities like visiting an orphanage, home for the aged, or cancer patients. In doing these, you are not only helping yourself but also the person that you have been kind to. You can start spreading the spirit of being a Good Samaritan. Start to do the act of random kindness. Be a miracle instead of waiting for it.

Be in Control. Don't let many setbacks and blows deeply affect your life. It is normal that once in a while you experience some insane failures in life, but think also that you can get over hills as properly planned and controlled by you. You can learn from your mistakes, and that would mean also you don't fall into the same trap, that a careful preparation and consultation will surely lead you to the door of success. Do some reading of true confessions and success stories that will enlighten you to do better and feel resurrected again.

Be Loved. Collision with the morally upright people will bring you closer to your community. Join some of their crusades in building community awareness that will relieve you from being a good-for-nothing goldbrick.

Be Simple. Just relax and take it easy. Think that life is a long way to go and don't skip over stages of life which are necessary for your growth. Remarkable transition in life will happen in a gradual manner. Too much thinking can corrupt the inner peace of your soul and that prevents you thinking a positive way. Don't exchange a simple, happy life into a luxurious but a miserable one. As some great men have said, "My riches consist not in an extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants." Live a modest and simple life and feel great always.

Noel Nicolas Villarosa is a poet, and also writes article about self improvement and motivation. You can read all his poems and articles at http://pinoylifefacts.blogspot.com/.

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Tips To Limit the Extent of Forgetfulness

By Noel Nicolas Villarosa

March 26, 2012

The age most people worry about is reaching middle age. This is where cognitive decline begins. In a lapse of time, we forget what is newly stored in our mind, and start digging clues to remember information. It is annoying that our memory fall off and become less reliable as we age. Conclusively, we begin to think that it is caused by doddering or Alzheimer's disease. We are worried when details frequently pass out of our memory that there is an indication of health problems, but think also of other angle to understand what is going on. Try these helpful tips to limit the extent of forgetfulness:

• Make it a habit to give your mind a rest after a long and tiring workloads. After taking your siesta, take a look outside your window and stare at the green trees to give yourself a relaxing mood. This will perfectly complement your tired mind and will release all your worries that are blocking your memory.

• Try the chunking technique. When remembering a long digit numbers such as mobile phone number, you can subdivide its numbers into two digits and so on and so forth, thus creating a mnemonic that could help your memory easily retrieve information. The same applies when remembering people's names. Try to incorporate names about their appearances or put some meanings to give some clues to remember names. And patiently by trying to dissect words from its phoneme form up to syllables that make up words.

• Try to be organized by categorizing information from household to office matters. Knowing your priorities will save you from forgetting the most important task, and have time to get back to other matters. Immediately act as soon as something needs to be done, don't wait for another task to mess up your fresh memory. It is like putting things into its proper container with some labeling, in order to remind you where you would get it and returning the same. Conditioning your mind into these situations will not clutter your memory.

• Learn the prowess within you, by exploring new hobbies like answering crossword puzzles, playing Scrabble, memorizing lyrics of song, fretting a guitar, helping your child do their homework assignments, playing old videos of some occasions, or bringing back old memories by looking at old pictures, will somehow keep your mind active and refresh. Remember that memory works well by focusing and concentrating.

• Planning ahead will keep your mind worry-free and not stumble to important details. Keep a diary with you that will be your companion in writing important information which from the right time you will need. If you will be caught in an urgent situation wherein you will need to leave your workplace or home, just leave a small note to stick somewhere on your desk or door, that will serve as a reminder to redirect you to some unfinished jobs.

• Make it a habit to double-check everything, in order to avoid forgetting important things to bring and important matters to attend to before leaving one place.

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Tips To Control Your Anger

Tips To Control Your Anger

By: Noel Nicolas Villarosa

March 20, 2012

A person's age does show the behavioral reaction that he will be getting from any provoking event. It is normal for the young and the old to show feelings of disapproval. In any perceived provocation which cannot be tolerated, our mind will interpret it as contrary to our doctrine. Children are having anger as a temporary emotional state, and this prompted as soon as they feel suspicious of being displaced by a rival or more likely reaction to frustrations. In the older age group, anger is a manifestation of great emotion and a deep understanding of this feeling instinctively. Here are some helpful tips and suggestions on how to control your anger:

In any case, you will be caught in abrupt anger, and a sudden heap of emotions will try to convince you to retaliate. Sometimes, your reaction will rely on the time and environment, and very slim your chance of handling provocation in a peaceful manner because of failure to justify your anger. Alertness of mind to verify situation is a straightforward solution to get out from your anger.

• Do some deep breathing in an unusual manner, like doing it the other way around. While inhaling, have your stomach inflated, and deflated while exhaling. This will focus your mind on the breathing exercises and that will eventually forget your anger.

• Performing some mental images of things or events, like imagining yourself in places you have never visited or a thought of all the negative scenarios and outcomes of getting into trouble because of your bigotry. This imagery-based will relieve your pressure and stress.

• Do some soul activities that give a soothing effect like reviving old belongings and photos in your disarray attic, rewarding yourself relaxing in the calmness of the sea, or feel the strong wind at the top of the mountain. All of these will help to cool your temper and to remain on slow-burn mode.

• Stonewalling your anger. This is an attempt to delay your bursting feeling by refusing to accept your anger's challenge, for a moment take a pause, and counting to ten may give you time to think about how to react in a diplomatic way without freaking out.

• Walking away from the scene and going inside your room to release the anger by shouting out loud, or by having a qualitative change of interest in doing something for relaxing will overcome emotional tension.

• Be observant of your anger pattern. If it is recurring even in a simple misunderstanding, better if you make an appointment with your doctor, just to be sure if such behavior is still normal or needs medical treatment.

• Change your core beliefs that in rude retaliation will always release the stress, and will satisfy your revenge. Try considering also the enduring effect of the hurting words that may cause an irreparable harm, and that only time can heal the scarce it has made.

• Voicing your anger in a calm and constructive way will put you in a good position to control your anger without creating a feeling of guilt and shame.

• If you are not comfortable in voicing your anger, try writing it all down on a piece of paper or electronic mail can be emotionally purging.

• Don't be afraid to ask for advice from your parents and closest friends if the problem gets complicated. It is still mitigating if you feel someone's commiseration.

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Bamboo Tree

Bamboo Tree
(Rhyme Form)

26 February 2012
By: Noel N. Villarosa

Evergreen tree-like green herbage
Abounding woody stems travelling upwards
In a flick, moments-of-memory refuse to cede
At the sound of rustling leaves, pay off a reverie

Pliant in face of neither storms nor monsoons
It just sways and bends but never lose its elegance
Misty outside and leafing out to commune
Submissive to nature’s onrush by its restless dance

As the wind blows in every direction
Unmindful are we to disregard nature’s course
God’s invitation to see and listen into its perfection
On how each sight and sound heal one’s scarce

Bamboo nodes strengthen its stem
Each step is a faint for its humble growth
Interaction – a never dying language for ecosystem
Find comfort to its shadows as a token of troth

Not built for eternity but new shoots will replace
To repeat its vow to shed green leaves to procreate
An inseparable companion to give refuge and embrace
For all passing guests finding a way to relate


Posted in Poetrysoup.com
February 26, 2012

Working From Home

10 Things You Don't Know About Working From Home

1. You'll suddenly realize that housewives are totally busy people -with hardly any breaks.
2. You'll be challenged not to work because your cute baby is staring at you, saying "play!".
3. You'll be asked constantly, "What do you want to eat today" by your spouse.
4. If you're not careful, that DVD collection will be your #1 distraction from work.
5. You don't remember when was the last time you took a bath/shaved.
6. You're suddenly more interested in nice looking shorts and pajamas in the mall.
7. Your cellphone isn't getting much use unlike before.
8. When you walk to the neighborhood park, pool, all you see are yayas and their wards.
9. When it rains, you're happy you're indoors and won't be going anywhere!
10. In the hot months, you're happy that you can afford an aircon for your room!
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Long Distance Parent - How to Lighten Up a Child’s Longing Through Video Call

By: Noel N. Villarosa

Nowadays, most parents need to reconcile with the condition of living apart (because of working outside their home country) while craving a connection with their loved ones. They are synthesizing the best possible efforts and ideas in order to provide food, shelter, education, and love for their children.

Time will always challenge your flexibility. Wise decisions will make a difference in your lives. Your choice of work comes with big responsibilities and with great privileges, which sometimes puts you apart from your loved ones. Working overseas is seeking greener pastures, and you bravely adapt to the new condition of the new place. It is hard to accept living outside your home country, and being apart with your loved ones is psychologically disturbing not only for the parents but most especially to a child. However, be grateful that you are now living in the computer era and everything is just a click away to send a message and video call, and enjoy the pleasure of chatting while doing other tasks. Outside your home, iPhone 3GS will bridge that gap. However, did you ask yourself how to afford quality time with your child to relieve loneliness that he is getting while you are away? How to build that close personal relationship between a parent and a child on a distant communication is through personal experience that you could improve as time goes by.

Availability. It is important that you let your child feel your presence most of the time. It is your everyday tasks to video call him and to ask him as to what has transpired during the day. Your child will be able to build trust and confidence to speak out his feelings. In asking, your child could explore the will to think rationally. Your presence can mean so much for him that he can be proud to tell this to other children.

Visualization. The power of your mind puts you in control, thus your child will open up his awareness of the things communicated. Online storytelling would be such fun to let him share what he understands about the story that would eventually spark an open dialogue between a parent and a child. Allow your child to share also his naive story and praise for his wonderful narration. It is helping your child on how to communicate and share his feelings. In visualization, it helps to prolong the conversation, thus making it more exciting for your child to create his own story out of his visual perception. Listening on your part is a great role as a parent.

Making Fun. Spice things up when you make an online call to your child. A child will never run out of a game plan to lay down, and he wants to capture every bit of utmost joy. If he wants to pretend as a superhero, let him feel the excitement. If he insists of typing his name into the computer, you just let him do it and praise a work done by sending him some emoticons like a star, a smiley face, or a heart. There are webcams to jazz up your video image into an animation where your child could initiate a fairy talk. Be interested in making your child's world more fascinating and fun-loving moments.

Tour and Invite. Using your webcam or mobile phone, you can tour him around into your place and let him see your bedroom, television, cabinet, and other things--so he would also know that you are living well. You can also show to him his pictures that you are bringing and keeping all the time, and tell how you well-loved and treasured it. It is more riveting if you will promise that you are going to get him and having him live with you.

Bidding Goodbye. The sad part of a conversation is the time for farewell. Let your child feel that it is not parting ways, but just for a bedtime routine and need to rest, a full-length read of a bedtime story would complete your child's evening, and before signing out, you extend your arms, as if reaching your child for an embrace. Forming your hands into a heart shape is an additional way of bidding goodbye. The last thing, tell that you love him, and always ensure that you will see him again.


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How to React Professionally to Negative Comments in your Article

By: Noel N. Villarosa
15 Sept. 2011


Everyone is free to express their opinions. Exhilarating feeling, once we received a good feedback, and feel disappointed over a discontented comment. You are writing because you have good reasons to be on this profession. In general, you are fully responsive to reader’s needs, and to provide them with the highest quality information for their personal growth, advancement, and empowerment. Don’t shove yourself to be a good writer at an instant, it is not like striking at a ball with a club in a single complete movement. You are required to observe and feel before putting it into writing. Every opinion is supported by an argument, and this is how your defensive reactions will be tested.

Be Open-Minded. Every now and then, we will be facing up a disgraceful events. We are living in a world where partiality is common, that is why we are easily impressed emotionally by what is said or written. Always think that your readers are promiscuous, and that their comments are ecumenical. Always think that you are not favorably singled-out among other writers to have received such negative comments. This kind of mind-set will help you to quell self-pity and fear of writing again.

Be Critical. Be your own critic. A careful evaluation and re-reading of your article could find unnoticeable errors and flaws that you could change and improve for a best reading result. This also attracts good feedback from your readers. It is like reflecting your image into the mirror, and see if you are well-groomed before showing up. You cannot please everyone, instead, be professional in accepting their insights.

Ruling Out. During our school days, we are given rigorous disciplining, and we are conditioned into the method of selecting and eliminating to get the best answer to the question. The same thing in reading comments from your article. You need to sort things out to know what comments are being constructive or an abusive ad hominem attack. If comments are snarky, you could eliminate by ignoring it from your thoughts, as they are only creating a confusion. If it is a constructive criticism, it can be consummated by citing a helpful suggestions which you can be thankful.

Redeeming From Insult. To allay a sagging spirit from a spiteful comment, why don’t spend your time in writing another interesting article as a make-work. Your murmuring will turn into fulfillment once you release a gutsy talk of your feelings, and will find yourself back again in the stream of writing.

Considering Squeeze Play. Imagine yourself playing in a baseball competition, wherein your critics are your secret allies and playing as the batter. Eventually, not realizing it, that for every comment entered into your article is like a bunt on the pitch that could help you score for a home run, and safely touch home base of the writer's league. For in numerous attempts of writing could become an acquired habit for writing confidently. Always think that you can write, and could deliver a helpful article to your readers. Simply prove to yourself that you can write effectively.