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Selected life timeline 2014—2019

Teaching stayed; the career’s daily stress did not

After leaving a long parks-and-recreation career in 2014, Terri kept teaching university classes and built a writing and photography life. Several years later, part-time education and connections with other creators still energized a retirement that felt markedly more peaceful.

Finances
Net worth at retirement2014 · Household
Not established

Departure balance not disclosed in the reviewed narrative sources.

Source
Posts2
2017
Post 01

A self-made schedule, with classes

“I sure love my Januarys”

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Life at the time

  • Taught university classes, prepared material at home and wrote books and blog posts.
  • Exercised daily and fitted water-sport weekends around her husband’s work.

How it felt

  • Loved the January and summer breaks. “I sure love my Januarys”
  • Felt teaching remained a sustainable passion, despite being only partly retired. “a passion I can sustain”
PurposeCreativityPartners
Terri Webster Schrandt (opens in a new tab)
Notes

Dated author publication describing current life

So What DO You Do?; Working/Teaching; Leisure Where Art Thou?

Editorial summaries with short, attributed quotations. The original contains the full story.

2019
Post 02

Peace and energy at sixty

“There is something about walking amongst the students and feeling their energy that brings me peace that feeds my own energy if that is possible.”

Terri Webster SchrandtRead original post (opens in a new tab)

Life at the time

  • Continued as adjunct faculty and celebrated her birthday with family.
  • Used blogging relationships to develop writing and photography.

How it felt

  • Felt satisfied and energized by university teaching. “walking around campus brings me peace”
  • Appreciated freedom from the old job’s daily stress. “not spend my days dealing with stress”
PurposeCreativityPartners
Terri Webster Schrandt (opens in a new tab)
Notes

Dated author publication describing current life

Main birthday reflection

Editorial summaries with short, attributed quotations. The original contains the full story.

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Research

Last checked Sep 2026. The accounts are self-reported. This timeline follows selected accounts, including recollections where labeled; it is not a complete archive.

  • Only the cited dated experiences are verified; later developments are not inferred.
  • Selected public self-reports, not a complete archive or independent verification of finances.

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