Vintage Senior Living

Hi everyone,

Read a great article the other day about redefining yourself after you retire. It talked about specific steps you can take to transition from a working professional to a successful retiree. Here are my three favorites from the article:

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. Change your 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.

3. Stay connected: You should be committed to interacting with people with whom you have a common interest. Finding such people can be done by improving your social life to include more people, places and things. Make it a point to get to know people with similar interests as yours. Join clubs and groups, participate in activities, and have a great time.

God bless you and have a great day,

Joe Freudenthal

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