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NOV/DEC 2014
Stay Active – Stay Alive!
Get up and get out to find all the
opportunities available to you
by Donald Hoffman
For retirees, activity means life!
Once retired, we have huge blocks
of time to fill. A new stage of life is
ready to begin. What will you do?
The many hours spent working
are gone. Most likely your kids
(like mine) have moved from your
home and are busy starting their
own lives, leaving behind many
more additional empty hours. It is
how we fill our time, the design we
invent for our lives, that ultimately
defines the success or failure of
our retirement.
Perhaps you’ve dreamed for
years about retirement, what you
would like to do and how you will
do it. Great! You’ve planned your
retirement and are ready to go.
Many others, however, have no
such plan and no idea what they
will do during the 20-plus years or
more they may spend in retirement. That is precisely why you
MUST stay active to stay vital and
alive.
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Many people pursue hobbies
and other interests around the
house and in the yard. While there
is a lot you can do around the
house to keep your mind and spirit active and involved, it is better
to first focus on activities outside
the home. Perhaps the worst thing
you can let happen is to allow
yourself to become homebound
and isolated from friends and the
community as a whole.
Get up and get out of the
house. Join clubs, attend senior
center functions, get to know
people any way you can (in a
safe, clean and orderly way, of
course). Reacquaint yourself with
church groups and civic clubs and
educational functions. Most of all,
meet new friends. Become aware
of what is going on in the world
around you and get involved. The
more you mix with people, the
greater the benefits will be.
Vary your activities. Trying
new activities keeps your curiosity involved and in turn increases
brain activity, decision making
and creativity. Keeping busy is
a goal in itself, but life must still
have meaning. Begin by carefully
choosing areas you have always
wanted to explore.
For example, let’s say you’re
interested in quilting and actively
quilt at home. Why not contact
your local county extensi