Retirement Activities
Retirement Activities are really important for our mental and physical well being!
You've never just sat there, day after day, all of life -- why on earth would you do that now? Just because -- age.
Use it or Lost it -- get busy and use your physical health and your mental abilities.
What will YOU do after retirement?
Retirement is the next big adventure in life -- to the worker bee, it sounds so good -- retirement! BUT after you've been retired for a few weeks/months, then what?
Whether you choose to retire at age 50 or age 70, You can't just sit there -- you really can't...
You don't quite know what to do all day - day after day - but you do logically know that sitting like a coach potato is NOT good for you, Mentally or Physically.
Keep Your Brain Active
Did you know that, in retirement, your ability to learn new skills, the ability remain learning, is the same from age 20 to age 60?
Your brain doesn't stop learning, as we've been told, unless you stop using it. Don't stop using it!
If you are the stay-at-home type of retiree -- use puzzles to keep your mind active and growing.
We all need to be challenged in life... we need to continue to think. That, in part, is why I retired to the internet... to keep challenged mentally.
There are so many ways to keep busy... whether by reading interesting books and using your imagination, working on creative projects, or retirement hobbies, volunteering, or even working part-time.
Another idea -- watch a retirement movie to put aging and retirement into perspective. If you are new to retirement, read about the 2002 About Schmidt movie with Jack Nicholson. It's an eye opener! Perfect for new retirees -- it's not just you!
Another retirement movie that I LOVE is the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. I have watched that movie over and over! I love the nuances of the different characters and how they experience retirement and their own mindset on aging.
Retirement Ideas for Keeping Busy
Register for my emails series: Retirement Ideas and you'll get lots of ideas, in the hopes that you will find a things you'll enjoy doing, something new, something old. I hope some ideas will hit home with you!
Happiness is finding your true retired self!
Do you have Retirement Anxiety?
You are not alone. Many retirees feel anxious after retirement -- a whole new avenue in life. Read their shared stories and learn how to move forward!
Lifelong Interests or New Interests?
You might consider things to do that you've done for years in your off-work hours. You already know that, as those interests are close to you.
Now -- go back further. Think of your pre-work years... what did you totally enjoy as a young person that you might be interested in again?
Think about talents from your youth that you never had time to pursue (arts, music, book clubs, writing, painting, playing a musical instrument, stock car racing, fun stuff!)
Do you have anything special you are interested in -- but never got seriously involved in? Local sports, Veterans organizations, local politics, state-wide politics (thinking bigger), community meetup groups, what else?
Something abandoned long ago, or something you've never bothered to get more involved in -- NOW you've got the time.
Look in the next Adult Ed advertisement you get from the local high school or community college. Why not take a class?
Learn to do something new (crochet, healthy cooking, writing), or renew your knowledge on a subject (car repair, psychology, gardening).
Never Stop Learning!
Make an effort to get involved. People don't walk up and invite you. Ask questions. Reveal your interest and see what happens.
Friendships
Are you the Social Butterfly? Do you want less socializing and more close friendships?
How important are your co-worker relationships? Do
you have a support system away from work?
Pick up that phone, or write a letter, to a long lost friend... you both separated when work lives and raising families made it nearly impossible to keep up a friendship but you might just renew the friendship again!
Find new friends! Join a book club at your local library, church groups, or call upon an old friend you haven't made time for while you were busy working.
Find a new friend, a kindred soul, a senior pen pal in my Retirement Community with whom you can share life through letters. Just register and join in on the chattering fun!
Do you need structure in your days?
Do you need structure in your life -- a reason to get up in the morning?
Try my free Morning Makeover Challenge -- just 7 days to reconsider your morning routine for your best retired days!
Work? Volunteer?
Will you work in retirement or become a senior volunteer? Both will help keep your skills updated, and your brain functioning.
If you are one like that, you might NEED something in your life... part time work, volunteering, some sense of a time table on life. Do some community service -- give back to your community while you are actively able.
What Will YOU Do In your Retirement Years?
What will you do with your day when you retire? You spend 8 hours a day at work (or more), and suddenly you have 8 free hours every day. You can't just sit in a rocker, no way, so what now?
Tell me what you do to keep busy (mentally and physically fit) on a daily basis! Help others to keep grounded, and live happy and productive retired lives!
Thank you!
Read about what other Visitors have to Say...
Click below to see tips on What Not To Do from other visitors!
Small Town Renewal
You may recall that I offer a four session series on "Towards a Creative Retirement" with sessions being
1. How to Maintain a Zest for Living
2. …
Retired for almost a year and a half
I retired from a large bank after 20 years with them and 47 years of full time employment. (time spent working my way up, I guess!)
After a well-known …
Visit Ukraine
Hi, I'm 66 years old and I've found travel to be my thing. Experiencing someplace new is invigorating and connects me with the color and texture of life. …
Retired and still want to work?
Greetings! I am 58 yrs. old and still employed as an educator. I am also from a small island nation out in the Pacific which at times seem so isolated …
Recently Retired
I am 67 and was at my previous for job 8 years. With new younger coworkers, one was clearly trying to push me out, while she was interning and learning …
Hobbies
I hated it when I retired as it made me go out, then we divorced after 38 years so I was on my own.
I had to make another life... I joined different …
Can a woman travel alone by car to distant places?
I'm a widow now living with a little dog. He's good company altho his conversational skills are slim. Ha!
What my husband and I were always going to …
I Envy My Wife
My wife and I retired about a year and a half ago and are enjoying our retirement very much. So, why do I envy my wife?
She is a quilter and I don't …
Filling Retirement Time
I am a rubber stamper, belong to a group that meets at our local craft store every Friday and then we do lunch. We make sympathy cards for our local hospital …
Retirement can be Exciting
Many people do many different things upon retirement.
There are so many of my friends that seek out study classes and learning experiences which can …
Retire or REFIRE - that is the question
Well I am new to this retirement thing. After 30 long years on the hamster wheel, I decided to get off and start the new season in my life.
All I …
Wish I knew what I will be doing
I just found out that the plant that I have been working at for over 37 years is being closed and the work sent to Mexico. I am SAD SAD SAD.
I am …
Retirement - now what?
I am a widow and have gone to the senior citizens center but I don't feel I am ready for jigsaw puzzles and cards for the rest of my life. I have some …
Retired and Lonely Wanderer
Most days l am good, some days l am not so good!
l am 65 & still having a tug of war with myself* I wanted a car, not a new car, just something to …
Voting Is Freedom With A Capital "F"
Today is election day all over this great land of ours.
Make it a point to exercise your right of freedom to vote for the candidates of your choice. …
The Big Beastly Adventure (aka 2 Fat People in an RV)
I posted earlier that my plan is to hit the road in my RV and some people asked about whether I was blogging.
In fact, my brother and I started a blog …
Retirement: Getting Out of Dodge....
I am retiring in precisely 59 days, but have been thinking about it for years. I am the poster child for indolence... the queen of couch potatoes. There's …
Salesman Who Had Faith In Me
There have been times over the last few years when l have been very depressed because l retired early due to bad back, and shoulder... Not realizing then …
LOST
After 20 years at a nursing career and 5 years of community personal care attendant, and nanny to 2 grandaughters since 2000, I finally retired in 2007. …
Retirement and a Fruitful Liason with the Enemy
Remembering the 1960s
As much as I adore the Retirement on Line, (ROL) website, to say nothing of Wendy’s sterling efforts in providing a meaningful conduit for our respective …
Retirement: Work, Friends and the Police Academy?
Born in 1938, I retired at 65 from a job as the manager of a bed and breakfast, bar and restaurant complex in a tourist-destination city.
I did not …
Happy to be Retired. . .
I am very blessed that I was able to retire at 55 having worked 35 years with the County.
I had my "3 C's" I wanted to accomplish to start off my …
Retired and a busy gal
When I retired, I spent the majority of my time doing whatever I wanted. I ate and drank what I wanted to, relaxed like there was no tomorrow.
All …
About the Treasure in Retired Life - Time!
Now that I am retired, I have found keeping busy is the best way to feel great about myself. I do not sit and rock the day away, instead I garden, spend …
What to do after retirement? I kept busy...
The first day after I retired felt strange.
I knew I should have been working, and I knew what everybody at the office was working on. I knew I should …
Retired: A Day In My Life
Because I am retired, I have a lot of time on my hands.
When I first get up for the day, I make a healthy meal for myself. I either have eggs and sausage …
Retiring Soon: How I Will Keep Busy
My retirement would be spent with kinds of activities that I enjoy doing the most.
Number one would be traveling as much as I possible could. Someone …
Keeping Busy: Consultant and Soccer Coach
There are many people who simply stay at home all the time when they are retired or go out and sit somewhere to read a newspaper. I am not such a person …
Retired: Big City College Dean
Due to school budget cut backs, I was suddenly in the position to retire somewhat earlier than I had planned, and I decided to take some time to evaluate …
Senior Trip to New York
The Friday after Thanksgiving I went to New York with the senior citizens from the senior center where I take line dance lessons. We left early in the …
Interesting website
I found a website that my granddaughter told me about called emaileavesdropper.com and it gives the strange experience that you are being copied on emails …
Retirement bored, Volunteering to help Children
My name is Prabhu. I worked as a teacher in a private school. On those days, life was so wonderful. No paining, no cheating etc., I retired two years back. …
Retired with money problems.
I am a pensioner since February 2002, as my job was sedentary in air-conditioned office, with a climate of 37 degrees, but very stressed, work was under …
Hard-working Retiree, sounds content with life!
Many people spend time worrying about finances and health in retirement. But the time to worry about these things is in early twenties.
I was actually …
UK Retiree takes up Metal Detecting Hobby.
I took the opportunity of early retirement at the age of 56 from being an Engineering Manager in a FMCG company as the offer was very attractive money …
Successful retiree with a great attitude too!
It still seems like yesterday when I was 20 years old and hardly starting my career as a makeup artist.
I was one of the most beautiful girl's at the …
Retirement: Listening to Van Gogh
After a long career in professional writing, mostly non-fiction, I wrote a novel-about being retired and searching for answers for my new life. The …
June does Retirement...
I am a 70 year old woman living in New York. I spend the vast majority of my time pursuing interests I was unable to during my working years.
I have …
Found My Retirement
"Niche In Life"...
Hi.
My name is Maureen. I was a stay at home Mom until the youngest child left school,I found that I needed more from life, so went searching for work. …
Retiring in June-
Babysitting grandchild in August after kindergarten
My husband retired in February 2009. I needed to keep working because my health insurance will be paid for two years until age 65. I'm planning on retirement …
SIGN UP: Retirement Insider
Search Site Here