| What are the vital steps you must take to enjoy a | | | | plenty of fruit and vegetables, organic when |
| happy retirement? | | | | possible and available, lean protein, low saturated |
| 1. Make plans: | | | | fat, low salt and sugar too. Also drinking enough |
| There are two sorts of plans: the big picture and the | | | | water to keep you hydrated and limit the amount of |
| nitty-gritty details.a) think about how you would like | | | | alcohol |
| your life to continue after work; daydream about | | | | 4. Be sociable |
| your ideal scenario because until you do that you | | | | Since you may find you have less of common |
| may find you just drift along and nothing much | | | | interest with your former work colleagues it is |
| happens except for not going to work.b) as well as | | | | useful to do some things you didn't have enough |
| the big plans it's important to decide however | | | | time for while you were working. If you have |
| loosely what you plan to achieve not only this | | | | hobbies you've neglected or things you've always |
| week or this month but also today. | | | | wanted to learn then take the opportunities which |
| 2. Keep fit | | | | retirement offers you to explore new avenues and |
| You have a responsibility to your body to care for it | | | | discover not only new interests but also get to know |
| so that it won't let you down when you expect it to | | | | other people who share those. |
| be able to do the new things you are hoping to | | | | 5. Do your own thing |
| do with it during your retirement. | | | | If you find that others are pressurising you to do |
| This means at the very least to keep walking at | | | | certain things during your retirement and you really |
| every opportunity if possible; taking the stairs instead | | | | want to do something else, then be assertive and |
| of the lift and making sure that at a minimum taking | | | | make sure that some of your week is for you to |
| at least thirty minutes of exercise each and every | | | | follow your own spirit. Of course there may need to |
| day. This should include some stretching too. Doing | | | | be compromises on both sides which is fine so long |
| this will keep your joints mobile and your heart | | | | as you do what you want some of the time too |
| beating healthily. | | | | rather than spending every day doing something you |
| 3. Keep healthy | | | | really would rather not. |
| Not only exercise but making sure you eat well with | | | | |