A YEAR OF RETIREMENT
In early 2024, when I decided it would be my retirement year, I wrote this post on Jubilación , the Spanish word for retirement. Today, October 9, is a year since I retired, and perhaps it is time to reflect on the past year and what retirement life has been so far. If you search online for how to thrive in retirement, you will most likely come across advice to focus on: Health, Purpose, Social Connections, Routines, Adaptability etc. While previously a lot of the retirement planning advice seemed to centre on planning your finances strategically, these days, given our longer life expectancies, retirement is no longer what it used to be. I’ve heard it said retirees broadly fall into two categories: a) those who want an easy, comfortable retirement and b) those who want their retirement life to be a period of growth and exploring. I want to be one of the latter and I’d like to think I am, but let’s take stock. Creative Pursuits : I’ve ‘graduated’ (if you can call it that) from...
