| Retirement gives some individuals a sense of loss and | | | | other areas meet with the employees to discuss |
| finality. Many workers fantasize that they will die | | | | such issues as use of leisure time, psychological |
| soon after retirement. | | | | adjustments, relocation, and second careers. |
| For other people, retirement is a chance to escape a | | | | Second careers are often an option for retirees, |
| frustrating or high-pressure job and to enjoy free | | | | especially if they still have an opportunity to carry on |
| time and pursue hobbies. In any case, this is a major | | | | working and using their skills to contribute to society. |
| transition. Life changes whether desirable or | | | | One advantage of a second career is to pass on |
| undesirable are stressful. Retirement combines | | | | knowledge to younger generations, who after all do |
| changes in work patterns with personal, financial, and | | | | eventually take your place. This knowledge, can take |
| perhaps health changes. Those happiest in retirement | | | | many forms and help develop the new generations |
| have prepared for it over time and have made plans | | | | transition towards improving rather than starting over |
| for their retirement years. | | | | again. |
| One large Midwestern utility has developed a series | | | | Other transitions provide the link between turning |
| of retirement seminars.28 A year before planned | | | | work related skills into a hobby, so a retiree can |
| retirement, employees attend these seminars to | | | | enjoy the fruits of their labor, through a useful and |
| prepare for the transition. The seminars cover topics | | | | interesting hobby. A hobby that perhaps can provide |
| such as pension and benefits. In addition, experts in | | | | endless hours of enjoyment, long into retirement. |