Ten Ideas to Help with the“ What Are You Going to Do When You Retire” Question
Source: topretirements. com
Congratulations, you are getting ready to retire. You’ ve done the hard part— spent a life time getting out of bed and getting into work, took care of your family and saved for this day.
But have you thought about what happens if retirement turns out to be too easy for you( as in, not enough to do)? This article is designed to stimulate your thinking and get you started planning now, so that, when your retirement finally comes, you are set up for a happy transition from the working life.
In our experience, the busiest people are usually the happiest. Call us old-fashioned, but we think human beings are hard-wired for some kind of purpose. You job probably gave you that and now it is history.
We strongly recommend not retiring without a clear idea of what you are going to do to stay busy and engaged with life. Perhaps some people can manage a fulfilling retirement with only an idea“ to do some projects” or“ take a few trips”, but this approach doesn’ t work for many. Without some kind of structure to your days, you run the risk of becoming bored( or boring), depressed or worse— turning into a grumpy old man or woman. If you have ever had to sit next to a person whose only interests were their medial complaints and gossip, you know what we mean!
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