Shifting Gears to Successful Retirement
By Cynthia Barnett
If you’re like most folks, you have your doubts about retiring. On one hand you may be elated. On the other hand, you may be a bit frustrated because you have no idea what the future entails. We’ll, we’re here to tell you that shifting gears from a working professional to a successful retiree can be easy. In fact, we consider it like simply shifting gears to a different lifestyle and being open to redefining yourselves. It is not about giving up. It is about undergoing a career transformation, maintaining your professional and personal identity and taking control of your life. It is about being productive, not losing touch with that inner you that makes you special.
In this article, we’ll discuss ten proven ways that you can use to redefine yourself and transition into the initial phase of retirement. These ten tips will help you adapt positively to your post-retirement years and are as follows:
1. Partial disengagement – In order to transition smoothly, you must partially disengage yourself from your full time working life. This isn’t to say that you must go cold turkey. Instead, you have to develop a different mindset that retirement, although a time for change, is a period of new growth and a time for self fulfillment. At this point, many go from full time to part time and some go from full time to no work at all. Trust your instincts and go with what you feel works for you.
2. Changing our image – You must change your internal image about what your career means. After all, don’t focus on ‘What am I to do now that I’m retired?” instead think “What will I become once I’m refocused and retired?” Therefore, you have to change your perception and realize that you can succeed as a retiree if you believe that you can. Full Article.
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