What are we going to do with the last quarter of our lives? The fact that retirement now lasts a quarter of a lifetime means that we need to give it the same amount of attention as each of the previous three quarters. Education, work and raising a family demanded particular skills and principles. What are the skills and principles needed for a successful retirement? Which values, attitudes and behaviours will be less important and, perhaps, we can discard. Which new ones do we need to develop?
Perhaps a good way to tackle this problem is to decide what behaviours will help us lead a happy and meaningful life in retirement. I think we need to pay particular attention to:
- Health – mental and physical
- Environment
- Obligations and expectations
- Education
- Community
Further posts will deal with these areas in turn. Other topics will undoubtedly arise.
Renaissance not Retirement 