How to make post-retirement life happy and fruitful?
Why many persons are not happy during their post-retirement life despite having financial freedom and having no liability towards their children. Even after achieving most of the things in life and free from financial problems, persons are not happy. Let us find out the reasons why many persons are not happy during their post-retirement life.
Let us find out the reasons for happiness:
Before
finding out the reasons for unhappiness let us find out the reasons why
the persons should be happier during their post-retirement life.
(i) The foremost reason for happiness is not having any Boss during post-retirement life. You are your own boss. You have all the 24 hours at your disposal which you can utilise as per your desires and convenience.
(ii) Another reason for happiness is reduction in stress level after
retirement as you are free from job related stress during post-retirement
life.
(iii) You are not answerable to anyone except yourself. During
working life, you were answerable to your boss for your performance. You were
even answerable to your client.
(iv) During working life your plan for going to vacation tour was
subjected to sanction of leave by your boss. You are now free to plan your
vacation tour any time during the year as per your convenience.
(v) You can
choose to do any work as per your interest and liking which was not the case
before retirement.
Reasons for Unhappiness During Post Retirement life:
Despite
having strong reasons for happiness why some persons are unhappy during post-retirement
life? Generally,
most of the unhappiness are mental and not due to external factors. Let us discuss the reasons why many persons are unhappy
during their post-retirement life.
(i) Having regret for non-achievement or under achievement during the past life is one of the main reasons for unhappiness. Many persons are having regret for not getting promotion, not getting reward for their performance, etc. Living in the past and continuously remembering the failures during past life makes a person unhappy in the present.
(ii) Expectation of recognition and respects from ex-colleagues and other persons is another reason for unhappiness. Many persons expects that they should continue to get respect from their colleagues even after retirement. But that is not the reality. When a person does not get respect as per expectation, they become unhappy.
(iii) Many retired persons are in the habit of giving free advices to family members and friends. A person become unhappy when nobody listens to his or her advice. Habit of giving free advices invites unhappiness in one's life.
(iv) Spending most of the time in watching television also invites unhappiness. Watching news in television for long duration feeds negativity in our sub-conscious mind which ultimately creates unhappiness.
(v) Excessive talking also leads to unhappiness. Many persons at this stage talk more about their own achievements during their student and working life which nobody want to listen. This creates frustration and unhappiness.
(vi) Non utilisation or improper utilisation of free time due to lack of engagement is another reason for unhappiness. Lack of engagement creates negative thoughts in the mind which create unhappiness.
How to make your retirement life happy and fruitful?
If
you have to make your retirement life happy and fruitful then you have to
follow certain dos and don’ts. Let us first discuss about Do's and thereafter
we will discuss about Don’ts.
What you should do to make your retirement life happy and fruitful?
(i) Take
Care of Your Health: It's very important to take care of your health.
You can enjoy your post-retirement life if your health is in good condition.
Health means not only your physical health but also your mental as well as
spiritual health. Maintenance of your physical health is very much essential to
do your day-to-day activities without any difficulties. It will reduce your
dependency on other person and will help you in enjoying your vacation tour. As
regards maintenance of good physical health, I have explained in details in my
previous blog the link of which is given hereunder. You may click the link the following
link to have details on maintaining good physical health during post-retirement
life.
https://post-retirementlife.blogspot.com/2022/04/physical-health-during-second-innings.html
It is also very important to take care of your mental as well as spiritual health. Need for taking care of one's mental and spiritual health has been explained in my previous blogs the link of which are given hereunder.
(i) https://post-retirementlife.blogspot.com/2022/04/mental-health-during-second-innings-of.html
(ii) https://post-retirementlife.blogspot.com/2022/03/spiritual-health-during-second-innings.html
(ii) Develop Good Friend circle: It is very important to develop good friend circle near your surroundings. It is better to start developing friend circle well before your retirement so that you can have some friends after retirement for your socialisation. Friend Circle's composition should be diversified, both in terms of professional and cultural backgrounds so that you can enrich yourself with their wide experiences. Have a regular meeting and get together with them.
(iii) Have a vacation tour, picnic and other amusement: Plan for vacation tour at reasonable frequency with your spouse. Have both short tour and long tour at certain interval which is comfortable to you. At least once in a year you should go for picnic with your friends and family members. Have a visit to nearby museum, park and other amusement centres for your recreation.
(iv) Make daily contribution to your life: Please make an endeavour to make value addition to your life. Please remember one thing that your scope for progress doesn’t stop on retirement date. There is a scope for progress even after retirement. There is always a scope for progress till you are alive. Ensure daily contribution to your life for making it meaningful. Extend your helping hand to your spouse in day-to-day routine household work. If you have a long-term plan for making some value addition to your life, ensure to make daily progress in that direction. For example, if you have decided to author a book which may take one- or two-years’ time to finish, then make a strategy to have a quarterly, monthly, weekly and daily target to ensure consistent efforts in the direction of your goal.
(v) Pursue your hobby: Every person is having at least one hobby which one could not pursue during working or professional life. It is better to pursue your hobby during post-retirement life which will make your life happy and meaningful. It will also give you meaningful engagement.
(vi) Pay back to Society: From childhood to adult stage most of the investments were made for our personal development. During our working and professional life, we worked for our livelihood for the development and welfare of our family. This is the time to pay back to society when we don't have any liability towards our children and passive income is sufficient to take care of our expenditure. You may pay back to society by doing some charity or philanthropical work which will give you peace of mind.
(i)
Never give free advices to anyone even to your family members. If you are in
the habit of giving free advices then you will be ignored and avoided by other
persons including your family members. Such situation will bring unhappiness in
your life. Never give advice to anyone unless someone seeks your
advice.
By following certain dos and don’ts as explained above one can make post-retirement life happy and fruitful.
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