by Ani Kazarian April 05, 2020
Retirement Planning
With increasing lifespans and earlier retirements becoming more common, we have more flexibility in choosing how we want to spend our retirement. Assuming that you have financially planned for retirement and finances are not the major determining factor in choosing how to spend your retirement, there are many other factors to consider. There are countless questions to consider when we begin thinking about how we want to spend our retirement.
It is important to think about these points and to plan how you wish to spend your retirement because, for many, retirement means transitioning out of the role that we conducted for decades and this can cause feelings of lacking purpose or meaning. Additionally, retirement also means a change in social activity as you no longer spend time with coworkers every day. Planning how you wish to spend your retirement can help counter these feelings, and help in transitioning away from the work routine you’ve had for decades with new and fulfilling experiences.
These questions are merely scratching the surface when we begin planning for how we want to spend our retirement. Once we decide the major puzzle pieces of where we are going to live and who we will be spending most of our time with, we can get into the questions that will shape our days in retirement.
Choosing How to Spend Retirement
When choosing how to spend our retirement, it is helpful to think about how we want to spend our time by breaking down what we are doing throughout the day.
At the root of these questions is discovering what brings you joy and a sense of security in your retirement. When you transition out of the life that you have known for decades, what parts of it do you want to hold on to and what new experiences do you want to have?
Choosing how to spend your retirement can be an exciting time, and if there aspects that you are unclear on, reach out to experts who can help. A coach can help you achieve goals and financial planners can help you set realistic expectations, counselors can help with any feelings of anxiety over all the changes.
Preparing and working with experts can help make choosing how to spend your retirement an exciting endeavor.
Sources:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6171791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3696198/
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