Retirement looks pretty distant when you start your career until it’s suddenly around the corner. Dedicating more than half of your life doing your dream job, pursuing your passion, or just working to sustain your daily needs, it is not easy to turn off the ignition and hand over the key to someone younger.
Well, some may object to the previous statement and would happily and gracefully make their exit. But the same question follows in either case. What happens next? And oh, an even bigger question. Are you and your spouse ready for it?
Retirement is a period of adjustment, but the bills will keep coming. Opportunities may still come knocking at your door, and the uppermost portion of Abraham Maslow’s pyramid will probably still be waving, your self-actualization waiting to be fulfilled. However, it’s not only the new retiree who has to adjust….