Beyond Retirement Podcast: Travel, Volunteering and House-Sitting!
Jacquie Doucette hosts the Beyond Retirement podcast, helping people with lifestyle planning and ideas for the post-work reality, a reality she herself will finally be stepping into soon!
Jacquie's 20 year career with the civil service in Canada is coming to a close in April of 2022, and so all the things she's talked about doing are finally going to start happening. Primary amongst these is travelling, whether short vacations or, in particular, longer stays, mostly facilitated by house sitting.
On Beyond Retirement, a common theme is how to stay in a place longer, start feeling like a local, and embrace the intentional nomad life. House sitting is a great facilitator for this, as it comes with comfort, trust (for both house owner and sitter), and the ability to settle into a place and plan some activities, including volunteering and engaging with local community.
Travel is a great topic for anything retirement-related, and it is at the forefront of Jacquie's message and content. On this episode of Travel Podcast the World, she talks about some of her plans for the podcast while she makes the big transition, including some exciting field recordings of her various stops along the way.
For great travel inspiration and more, check out Beyond Retirement podcast, and thanks for listening to our conversation today.
https://beyondretirement.ca/podcast/
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8:37 - On the relationship between career and life, and Jacquie's evolving perspective on identity. "We're so much more than what we do."
11:53 - How Jacquie's podcast will change and evolve as she actually enters retirement. Talking to people with similar stories and getting their advice.
13:17 - On identifying themes for a podcast season - listening to your guests, your audience, and finding passionate topics.
15:15 - Jacquie tells us about the basics on international house sitting.
17:23 - The differences between house sitting and home exchanges.
18:52 - How long can you house sit for?
20:53 - Where Jacquie finds her guests for her podcast.
21:30 - The power of batch recording episodes, months in advance.
22:43 - The podcasting learning curve of Jacquie's early days, and how comfortable she felt.
23:42 - Jacquie's format of alternating a full guest interview with a follow-up reflection episode of a few minutes.
26:10 - On planning your podcast in smaller segments: seasons, series, pockets of episodes, and doing so intentionally.
28:27 - "Don't wait 'til it's too late." Planning the life of your retirement, not just the finances.
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