Honeymoon phase and retirement? Find out more
So you have just retired. There is no rush in the morning. Every day feels like a weekend. You even have time to notice that the gardener doesn’t do his chores properly. Bed teas, lazy afternoon snoozes. All is fine. But for how long?
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The first two years are usually considered the honeymoon phase after you retire. In the sense that everything is new and feels like the first time or after a long time. Meeting friends, not being tied to a schedule, visiting relatives or long distance acquaintances – whatever it is that you have not done or not done for a long time during your long working career. Some people travel a bit, or even go on a religious tour. Some people just relax – do nothing in that sense for some time.
The important thing here is that just like a real honeymoon, it has a sell-by date and will get over sooner or later.
And that is when you will realise that having a purpose, a reason to get out of bed every morning is really important. Renewment planning is all about discovering and living that purpose. And make no mistake, just because our social systems are telling you to stop going to office after you turn 60 doesn’t mean that you are suddenly irrelevant from the next day onwards. So many people do so much – from more of what they have been doing in their corporate jobs to entirely new things, after they retire.
Find your purpose. That’s really important.