Get more out of Retirement

~ henryhenrycollins

For the first time in history, and thanks to modern medicine and good nutrition, many people who retire are faced with 20, 25, possibly 30 years of further living, or about a quarter of a lifetime. In general, the first quarter of our lives is taken up with growth and education, the second and third quarters with work and raising a family; but what will we do with the last quarter? Watch daytime TV or DVDs? Play board games? Go on cruises? Chat over frequent lunches? When they come to write your obituary, will they say: She/he didn’t do much?

Retirement needs a rethink. This time is a little like adolescence – full of freedom and opportunity, but we are also blessed with experience and wisdom. One of the aims of this blog (horrible word!) is to get retirees thinking about how they will, or are already using, the last quarter of life. I don’t like the word ‘retirement’: this is my ‘Best time‘.

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Born 1935, Bristol, UK. Educated at St Brendans College and University of Bristol. Veterinary practice in Cornwall, Dorset, Hampshire and New Zealand. Taught at Massey University, NZ and University of Sydney, Australia. Retired 2005. Now a writer of books, poetry and songs. U3A teacher of courses: Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking, How to Retire Disgracefully, Music for Fun, Mentoring and Looking after your Colon. Now living in Blackheath in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, Australia.

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