Take a seat.
Jack Lack’s Listening Chair is not a monologue. It never was.
This page exists because the people most worth listening to are not always the ones doing the talking. You may have a question that has not been asked here. You may have an experience that deserves to be heard. You may have something to say that others need to hear.
Voices and Issues welcomes submissions from anywhere in the world. There are no geographic boundaries on wisdom, and no age at which a person stops having something worth saying.
What you can raise here
Not every issue is a concern, and not every question is a problem. You might want to share something that is working well in your retirement. You might want to raise something that is not. You might want to ask a question, start a conversation, or simply put something on the record.
No topic need be limited to retirement alone. Retirees live in the now, and the now is always changing.
Who this is for
This page is for anyone with something genuine to contribute — those already in retirement, those approaching it, those supporting someone who is there, and those simply paying attention to what lies ahead.
How to contribute
Write to Jack Lack’s Listening Chair directly. Your submission will be read. If it raises something worth exploring further, it may form the basis of a written post or a conversation. Your name will only ever be used with your permission.
Do not hesitate to raise something local or specific to your own community. What feels particular to one place is often recognised immediately by people elsewhere — and those communities may already have experience, approaches, or answers worth sharing. A local issue, voiced here, can become a conversation that crosses borders.
Jack Lack’s Listening Chair is always here for you, as is your welcome.