Making the Most of Life During
the Eight Phases of Retirement[1]
Phase one
begins about three to five years before retirement. This phase is referred to as “Fantasy Time” as it consists
primarily of dreaming and planning for retirement and the new options that will
be available after retirement begins.
Now let the journey begin. As a university professor, as far as work time is
considered, I did not work five days a week for eight hours a day. I loved, and continue to love,
searching for information and providing it to others. Because I was nearing 65 years old and mandatory
retirement was still in place. I spent a couple of years fighting it and was
able to continue teaching and research.
I can imagine, however, that many people who work full time at normal
wages may think of with dreams of freedom and travel. I see that people from all over the world visit this blog
and I am interested in what both those still working and those retired think.
[1] This
presentation was developed a number of years ago as part of my retirement
workshop. Over the next few weeks
I will discuss one of the eight
phases about my self since I have retired. It would be really nice if we could
have a discussion.
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