by Funke Akoni | Feb 27, 2026 | Inspiration, Retirement, Tips
After we stop working, it is important that we sit down and ask ourselves, “What next?” Before retirement, many of us imagine how life will look when work responsibilities finally slow down. We picture rest, freedom, and time to do the things we always postponed. Yet,...
by Funke Akoni | Feb 6, 2026 | Health and wellness, Retirement, Tips
Feeling lonely and living alone are not the same thing. A person can live alone without feeling lonely, and someone can feel deeply lonely even when surrounded by people. Living alone often happens as a natural stage of life; for example, when children leave home to...
by Funke Akoni | Oct 24, 2025 | Inspiration
When we were small children, there was always something amusing or unexpected about us that sometimes sent our parents and adults around us into uncontrollable fits of laughter. Maybe it was the way we mispronounced words, our innocent curiosity, or how we found...
by Funke Akoni | Oct 10, 2025 | Inspiration, Retirement
After retirement, many of us find ourselves feeling a little lost. During our working years, there was always a clear path to follow—deadlines, schedules, responsibilities, and goals. But once we step away from that world, the structure disappears. The signposts we...
by Funke Akoni | Aug 22, 2025 | Retirement, Tips
Retirement is meant to be a season of rest, travel, and enjoying the fruits of decades of hard work, not a time spent anxiously checking whether your savings will stretch through the month or relying on your children. The real joy of this phase lies in sustaining the...
