Pre-retirement Course Feedback

An email received from an attendee following one of the Laterlife Open Retirement Workshops at Birmingham NEC

Accompanying my wife, yesterday I attended the above course, run by Dave Sinclair. At the end of the course I completed the questionnaire, but felt that I would also like to provide you with additional feedback.

I retired from my full time job 11 years ago, at the tender age of 52, attending at that time a company sponsored pre-retirement course which dealt exclusively with financial matters. So, attending the course yesterday, I was initially attempting to make comparisons with the previous course - but quickly realised that this was not going to be possible.

If I am honest, I think that I was expecting to find the course content purely one-sided - Dave on his side just giving out lots of information, and us on the other side sitting like large sponges, absorbing as much of the information as possible. The reality was completely different, along with the others attending the course, I found that I was being made to THINK about retirement, in all of its aspects, and challenged to question many of my pre-conceived ideas. The others attending the course all seemed, like myself, to be relaxed and only too willing to contribute to the discussions throughout the day.

The day was absorbing, and as we all left the venue, we continued to talk about the course content, and not about the journey home!

I am looking forward to 'comparing notes' with my wife - and after a marriage of 38 years (still going strong) I anticipate learning more about her - particularly aspects that relate to the 'pack of cards' that we had to categorise and then place in order of importance.

The very comprehensive handouts, in their attractive folder, will not, I am sure, be left somewhere in the house to gather dust - I am certain that I will be turning these pages from time to time as the years go by, as well as visiting your website.

You will realise from the above, that I enjoyed and valued the course very much, and know that my knowledge has been increased considerably. It is more than 11 years since I last attended a full day course (of any kind), and on reflection I did not, yesterday, experience any feeling of a 'post lunch, graveyard session'. The time just flew by.

Thanks to both you and Dave.

regards

Jack
 

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