I won't bother to link the article that this quote came from.
"It's not just the financials of retirement that are scary. There's a significant emotional weight to it, too. Riley Moynes, a retired educator who wrote the book "The Four Phases of Retirement: What to Expect When You're Retiring," said that for many people, the first year or so of retiring is exciting. They're free from work; they have time to relax and get moving on plans. But that soon shifts. People begin to feel lost. They need to make a conscious effort to reinvent themselves and find a purpose."
So I've heard stories about folks who retired, lost their purpose, and faded away or passed on. But my experience is that retirees are happier. I had one mentor who retired at 70.5 who I thought would work into his grave say after three months, "Why didn't I do this ten years ago?" And it seems to me that by and large the folks on these forums feel the same.
I'm not saying that finding a purpose isn't important. Just that IME, retirees finding that purpose hasn't been an issue.
"It's not just the financials of retirement that are scary. There's a significant emotional weight to it, too. Riley Moynes, a retired educator who wrote the book "The Four Phases of Retirement: What to Expect When You're Retiring," said that for many people, the first year or so of retiring is exciting. They're free from work; they have time to relax and get moving on plans. But that soon shifts. People begin to feel lost. They need to make a conscious effort to reinvent themselves and find a purpose."
So I've heard stories about folks who retired, lost their purpose, and faded away or passed on. But my experience is that retirees are happier. I had one mentor who retired at 70.5 who I thought would work into his grave say after three months, "Why didn't I do this ten years ago?" And it seems to me that by and large the folks on these forums feel the same.
I'm not saying that finding a purpose isn't important. Just that IME, retirees finding that purpose hasn't been an issue.