Let’s Help Prepare you for YOUR Retirement:
No two retirements look the same - yours won't either. Below, you'll find a selection of articles written to help you put words to something you might not have realised needed articulating. Sometimes the hardest part isn't finding the answer; it's not knowing there was a question worth asking in the first place.
If you'd like a feel for how I think about retirement - or a sense of what working together might actually be like before you commit to a call - start with the blog. It's the closest thing to sitting in on a conversation with me.
Article featuring me in the Australian Financial Review - guess what: it's about retirement, please reach out for a discussion on your retirement plans-what will you do with all that free time????
https://www.afr.com/wealth/personal-finance/nothing-but-a-retiree-why-boomers-are-turning-to-lifestyle-coaches-20231018-p5ed8r
Retirement can last 10,000 days! What are the implications of this, read on.
Click the link below, then click “super and retirement” and the article will appear:
So what's next-what comes after a life of work?
This could be you.
You are about to retire. What does your work day look like? Well, your work day rolls along like waves at the beach, the day begins and the work rolls in and then the day finishes.
Now imagine you’re retired and it’s midday, not quite lunchtime. What has happened so far today? Oh look at what you’ve achieved:
· Got up early and went to the gym.
· Totally kept up to the minute with the daily news cycle
· Read all the WhatsApp chats and Facebook posts
· Put some time into the tax return
All good. Now what might happen after lunch?
· Will a friend call and suggest a catch-up coffee?
· Is it worth seeing a movie?
Who knows, but the big question is this: will tomorrow and the next day and the next day look just like this?
It doesn’t have to. If you can locate your meaning/purpose in retirement then a retirement day can transform into a rich landscape of possibilities for you.
This course will help you to locate your meaning/purpose. Sign up:
https://buildingyourbestretirement.thinkific.com/courses/building-your-best-retirement
Building Your Best Retirement
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Projecting your retired self into the world
I work as a retirement coach, typically with people on the verge of retirement. I often find myself listening to them as they pose this question (in their own words):
“Will I still be interesting once I retire?”
This speaks to the issue of image or identity. You certainly had an image/identity when you worked, defined by your job or occupation: dentist, bus driver, wine maker etc.
I’m talking here about image or identity in the sense of how others view you, think about you. Now you can cultivate your image or let it grow by itself, but either way it will project itself into the world.
What about in retirement? Well, like it or not your image will change. At first you may project as a:
· Relaxed person who no longer has to wake up at 6 AM on Monday
· Fun person who can do whatever they want each day
I predict that won’t be enough to satisfy you over the medium term. But here’s the good news. You have the power to define your new image.
So what I suggest is that you start to think about aspects of your work identity that you would like to preserve. Some of these will apply to you:
· Being an interesting person
· Being of value to others
· Learning new things
· Participating in your community
· Mentoring younger people
· Creating new things *
· Exploring and travelling.
The choice you make will derive from your deepest sense of self, your needs and wants, your meaning and purpose in retirement.
This passage of self-discovery will enhance your fulfilment in retired life.
*I would add that creative writing doesn’t just happen. Obviously it requires time, energy and dedication. Is that for you?