What is your strategy to navigate the transition to retirement?
What are the feelings and thoughts that come to mind when you consider the word ‘RETIREMENT’?
I am finding one of four answers from executive men who are nearing this transition.
- I have been planning with fitness, travel plans, family plans, hobby plans and can’t wait to retire.
- I am consumed with reaching my final goals at work and succession planning, so I’ll deal with retirement when I get there.
- I am not looking forward to retirement, so I plan to die at my desk.
- I am being coerced to retire before I am ready, and I am very unhappy about it.
No doubt there are other scenarios, but these are those that have been communicated most frequently.
Major Life Transitions
In life, we all traverse many transitions. Some are small and others are large. Some are planned, even eagerly anticipated, while others come out of nowhere.
Some of the major transitions in our life are:
- Leaving home
- Choosing a career
- Marriage
- Children
- Moving
- Changing jobs or careers
- Losing a loved one
- Retirement
- Chronic illness
There is a planning process that can be used to prepare for most of these major transitions. Consider the number of life skills training, wedding planning, child preparation, career building, and grief counseling resources that are available. These transitions can be very difficult, and the help and counsel of wise experts can make the leap much more manageable.
Retirement Wellness Strategies
We exist to help you strategically plan for retirement. This process will benefit you the most if you start about 2 years prior to retirement. This will minimize the surprises and disappointments that are common with unplanned retirement.
You will have
- Your personal board certified specialist health advocate to walk through all medical and health encounters
- A thorough health review to enter retirement with optimal health and stamina
- Risk identification and minimization based on your personal and family history
- Planning tools to avoid the unexpected
- A retirement strategic plan for building a meaningful active next life phase
Contact Dr. Michelle Fritsch today at michelle@retirewellness.comor 410-472-5078. Learn more at www.retirewellness.com.
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