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Don't underestimate the challenges of relocating when it's outside the structure of a company move.
Ok—age 50 is somewhat arbitrary in this—but here’s the point…geographic moves are risky, especially as we age. According to Dr. Muriel Gillick in The Denial of Aging (2006); “When we constantly resettle in new locations…we never establish roots. Cultivating relationships with family and friends not only mitigates against loneliness, but also has an effect on health. Patients who [suffer some illness] are more likely to survive the acute episode altogether if they have frequent social contacts.”
Bottom line: relocating can negatively affect our well-being because we don’t have deep community ties.
I made the development of community ties a priority for my move from Toronto to Victoria. Friends and former colleagues made email introductions which I followed up by having a face-to-face coffee house meeting. At each meeting I asked for ideas of groups that fit my business and leisure interests. People are incredibly helpful to newcomers and I kept building up my local network. Social media has also made moving much easier. I found Twitter to be the most useful approach because it’s easy to follow hashtags of interest. For example, I would search on the local hashtag (#yyj) and narrow the search with additional key words such as (#aging, #retirement, #health). This would link me to articles and websites providing details about upcoming events.
The two most important things I did were:
1. Ask for contacts (either personally or using electronic search methods), and
2. Get out and meet with people or attend events
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