How to live your retirement life

The day when you retire from work has lots of sentiments attached to it. You feel really sad and dull that your life from the day after your retirement will be aimless and meaningless. You fear the attitude of your spouse and your children and think that the respect which you hitherto commanded will be lost and missing.

You react with anger to even an innocuous comment from your family as you think there is a hidden insult in their conversation. You feel bored and lethargic and also feel you have become redundant to your family. You are the same person whom your family loved and cherished and what makes you think that they no longer love you?

It is your mentality that makes you think that you have become a lesser person. Since you have retired, the money you earned has dwindled and this financial aspect makes you feel that you have gone down in the eyes of your family. You feel that you are no longer the head of the family and your position has been dethroned. Money becomes the criteria for your dejection and you feel deficient.

You should change when you retire and understand that you are entering into a phase where your life can be meaningful in a different way. Whereas your lifestyle was hectic and hurried when you were working, your life becomes relaxed and calm when you retire.

No can work to the full optimum all through their life. Your mind and body will tire as you age and your retirement life is a reward for your sustained and relentless work. My brother in law was a high official in his job and recently he retired. I feared that he will feel somewhat bored after his retirement, but I was pleasantly surprised when he took his retirement gracefully and he has not developed any of the complexities of a retired person.

He has not become lethargic and in fact he is even busier, writing books and visiting places along with my sister which he had been unable to do when he was working. You too can enjoy your retirement if you are ready to face it. Financial independence is the main concern to make you feel relaxed, otherwise you become dependent on your children for your survival and nothing more can affect your self esteem than asking your children money for your existence.

When you are working allot funds for your retirement and invest the saved money in diversified fields so that you get money from various sources. When you are financially independent you will not have to deal with your day to day existence and that is one headache off your shoulders.

When you are financially independent you have the money to do things which you were unable to do in your tight work schedule. You should visit places you had always wanted to visit and enjoy it with your family. There might have been a hidden talent in you that you would have ignored in your quest for money and that talent can be brought out after your retirement.

It can be anything, learning to play a musical instrument or doing anything you had wanted to do. You were once a slave to time and now time becomes your friend as you have all the time in the world to be and do whatever you wanted to do.

Life is fruitful and productive till the day you live and it is in your hands to make your life happy and fun when you retire. Financial independence, emotional interdependence, learning new things, feeling young and wanted is the ways to take your retirement in your stride.