A great retirement life doesn't happen on its own. Experts speak out on retirement
myths, senior sex, what to do in retirement, grand parenting, retirement facts, senior health and more.
9 STEPS TO A HAPPY RETIREMENT
.Exercise Your Mind- Your brain is a
muscle too! Every day, take a half hour or so for some games that will exercise your mind.
Number games seem to really do the trick, like Sudoku. Word games are also helpful and fun. Write
poetry. Take a class at your local college. Retirement life is all about trying new
things to keep your mind active.
Continue Enjoying Sex.
Just because you are over 50, it doesn't mean that part of your life has to stop. In fact, in a recent study we learned
that more people are having sex now than people half their age!
No, we don't look like
we did at twenty, or even thirty, but some things have changed for the better. So let your hair down, learn some new techniques,
and enjoy yourself. Senior sex makes retirement life a lot more enjoyable because it's all about having fun
now. No kids around to make it stressful, or busy schedules that leave you too tired.
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Get Engaged- We're not talking about getting engaged to be married here. We're
talking about being engaged in life. Whether you volunteer at a hospital or build an entire city
for that train set you've always wanted since you were
a kid, take on an activity or project you will enjoy doing after retirement..
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Appreciate The Beauty In Front of You. Beauty isn’t
always the most eye-catching car or sexy person you see. In fact the story of Beauty and the Beast is a prime example
of that, but there are other things we come in contact with each and every day that have great beauty. This morning, for example
I walked outside in my back yard and noticed new flowers on a tree. A bird visited to see if I had left any birdseed for it.
The sunrise was a splash of gorgeous cotton candy pink. Take a moment and look around. You don’t even have to get in
your car to find beauty. Savor it. Look for the beauty in a friend or even a stranger’s small gesture or smile; A twinkle
in the eye of a child. Beauty is everywhere.
Get Out of Your Shell: Let the person inside out to
play. You may have been forced to live in a big city due to the nature of your work but dreamed of a beach retirement
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Perhaps people viewed you as introverted and shy your entire life but
inside, there was a party animal waiting to escape. If that sounds familiar, perhaps it is time to reinvent yourself.
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Be Grateful For What You Have
No matter if you are rich or poor, have good or bad health, attractive or not, being
content and grateful for what you have will help you enjoy retirement and feel happier than people who are always
concerned with superficial things.
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Look For The Positive In Your Live. I’m
going to use an example to illustrate this point: It is inevitable that if you are married or in a relationship the
other person will make you angry, or disappoint you at times. (I’m not talking about someone who is damaging
your self-esteem or abusing you. I’m talking about forgetting the tomatoes you asked them to pick up at the
store or not remembering what you hinted about for a Christmas present kind of thing.)
Yes, you can feel hurt or even angry but don’t stay in that place long. You have a
choice. You can either focus on negative personality traits, or on the positive. If you find yourself focusing on
something negative, step back and remember all of the things you really love about that person. This holds true for
everything in your life; your career, your finances, hour choice on where to retire, everything.
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Connect With Nature.
I’m a sucker for Nature. It is an amazing balm for the stresses in life. (I just noticed a small
rabbit outside my front window. Made me smile.) Take a car or bike ride around and outside your neighborhood,
or to a park where you can sit and enjoy the scenery. Watch the kids swing, the dogs run in the dog park.
I used
to come home from work and drive my kids to the beach to watch the sun go down. It was always a race against time to
see if we could get there before the sun dipped into the ocean. My husband and I still love
the color of the sky just before the sun sets or the pinkish gold light that comes after a storm.
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Enjoy Your Successes.
They don’t have to be big to pat yourself on the back. During a normal day after retirement we all have our
share of small successes. Maybe you played along with a game show contestant on television and answered more
questions correctly than they did. Maybe you raised a near perfect ripe-red tomato, or fixed a broken hinge. Maybe
you calmed an irate shopper standing in line, or made a stranger smile.
These achievements aren’t
worth throwing a party over, but they are nonetheless small successes. Take a moment and smile at your accomplishment.
Share the experience with someone else in your life, reward yourself by going out to lunch. It makes retirement life
much sweeter when you take time to enjoy small successes.
