Waking up very early to catch first flight, back to back meetings with never ending discussions, returning home midnight only to go to office sharp at 7.30 am and again meeting after meeting with reviews, changing targets, newly popup priorities…..common in all Professionals career who are about to retire. With age catching up, it is natural with all to suffer age related health issues like BP, diabetes etc which will make one to think enough…. let’s retire and lead a simple and humble life with whatever savings and investments we secured.
What all these professionals forget is that it is only they who have undergone all the career ordeals and it is only their mindset to retire and lead a calm simple life and not of the other family members. Infact others may have an exact opposite thought process. Spouse may think all along I have lost the attention of my partner and sacrificed all my personal likings for the benefit of family and let me restart my life with new goal of activities to compensate whatever I lost so far! Children may look forward more freedom and a life of their own without any external interference.
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How to handle such a complex altogether a new situation throwing unexpected challenges and get going.
Rule number one is not to lose any time schedule simply because you need not answer to authority. Stick to timings for your everyday routine and never ever stop your daily walking or exercise. If you do not have the habit of such routine it is right time to start one.
Know fully well what you are eating and limit your intake. Retirement is the best time to study your options in terms of investments so as to ensure uninterrupted flow of sufficient income to sustain rest of your life without disturbing your children. Learn something new – may be a new language, a new skill set through which you can help yourself and as well others. This is the right time to study about various cultures, religious scriptures and books written by scholars.
Start travelling. Traveling is a great way to stay motivated and learn more about new cultures and places. You can create your own travel target within or abroad based on your finances and start on your own or through package trips.
Practice gratitude. Take a moment to appreciate the small things in life, whether it’s a phone call from a friend, a moving piece of music, or the feeling of the sea breeze on your face, for example.
Break the worry habit. Chronic worrying is a mental habit that you can learn how to break. By challenging your anxious thoughts and learning to accept uncertainty in life, you can calm your anxious mind, look at life in a more balanced way.
Be thankful and stay mindful always. Being thankful for life as it is. Enjoying the things as they are. It’s such a powerful tool to stay motivated. It helps you with focusing and keep happy thoughts. Meditation or simply observing your breadth help to be mindful.
Accept the things that you can’t change. Criticizing against events that you have no control over can be as exhausting as it is futile. Build resilience. The more resilient you are, the better you’re able to cope with challenges like retirement. You can improve the qualities of resiliency at any age to help you keep a healthy perspective when life is at its toughest.
Spend time in nature. Try hiking, fishing, walking in a park, beach or through woods.
