If it was, Xiangyu must be living double life! 😁 He is currently fully dedicated to his phd in psychology.

Thanks everyone for another good year and best wishes to all those who are graduating and transitioning to the next journey of their career! 🎓 📈

We are analysing data for one lab study with the support from Dr Jonathon McPhetres and our PhD (Xiangyu Deng), MRes and PGT (Jack Thompson, Liam Duke, Aditi Mishra), and UGR students (Anika Cukingnan, Giselle Huntjens, Kazel Lim, Karolina Rostkowska, Janesh Uppala). 🔬

We are currently submitting 3 qualitative studies with the help of Beck Yarwood (currently looking for RA position) and Kritika Rao. We finished coding video recordings of 47 mother-child interactions; thanks to Becky Yarwood, Deborah Tetteh, and Riana Gulam. 👩🏻‍🔬 👩🏾‍🔬 👩‍🔬

whether new-found solitude during retirement can be a fulfilling experience also depends on what resources are available. Read more on this in the full preprint here: doi.org/10.31234/osf...

#Retirement #Solitude

3/ Many retirees gain a new appreciation for solitude, becoming more confident and comfortable with their own company. What was once overlooked or squeezed into busy schedules now becomes a valued part of daily life. However, of course there are challenges, suggesting that

2/ Solitude isn’t just about physical space—it’s also about mental separation from social pressures and conversations about work from colleagues that continue working.

Retirees experience greater freedom in how they spend their time, making solitude more intentional and fulfilling.