I was a civil servant in my first act and served as a firefighter with the Austin Fire Department for nearly 30 years. In addition to being a firefighter during that time, I was also the public education officer for four years and a fire investigator for 12 years. In...
After working in the corporate world for many years, Jon and Leah Harlig “semi-retired” and were inspired to launch a new business in their second act. Jon is a third generation restaurateur who worked his way up through the industry, starting out as a cook and...
My professional life had always been in the business world. I worked as an executive assistant at some large companies: Price Waterhouse, Whyte & Hirschboeck, S.C. law firm, and at the end of my career, for the CUNA Mutual Group. I retired from CUNA in 2015....
I feel like I’ve already completed my second act and am now enjoying my third act! I was working as the supervisor for my city’s wastewater treatment plant laboratories when I was diagnosed with stage 2C ovarian cancer in April of 2004. I was diagnosed one week...
While I spent my entire 27-year career teaching, there’s been a bit of a role reversal in my Second Act. These days I’m taking on more of student role and am thoroughly enjoying learning things I never really took the time to know before. I retired in the spring of...
After a 28 year career in education, the majority in athletic administration, I decided to retire. Because I was only 54 years old at the time, many people said, “How can you retire at such a young age? You’re going to be so bored.” But I have not found that to be a...