Property News · September 28, 2016

How to ‘train’ for retirement: seven tips from a retiree


Researchers say we need to ‘retrain’ for retirement in order to be ready for life after work. Here are few other ways in which those in their 50s might look to prepareThe University of Alicante has just issued a report saying that people over 50 must be prepared for retirement and – since we’re all living longer and staying healthier, too – we must look to retrain, keep learning and look towards what it optimistically describes as a “dynamic third age”.I know no one between 50 and 70 years old who, having retired, is not full of beans. “I’ve never been so happy!” is the usual cry. “I’ve never been so busy!” In my experience, most people feel released after retirement, like a cork out of a restraining bottle, with bucket lists as long as your arm and a fiendish determination to hang on in there, get down with the yoga classes, travel the world and take up hobby after hobby, from investigating one’s ancestry to joining a choir. Who needs to prepare for it when there are grandchildren to look after, groups to join, degrees to take and book clubs to start? Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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