Retirement Age- An Age To Re-live!

Monday, May 30, 2011, 11:07

Do you often worry as to how your life will be after you reach the retirement age? What is your retirement planning? There is nothing to worry as the life after retiring is filled with relaxation. You will have full time to dedicate to your family members who have been waiting to spend time with you but you were busy earning money to ensure a bright future of these family members.

A man always think about his life after retirement and has some plans in the mind to implement when they come out of the tension filled world of career and money. Pradeep says, “ I will open a departmental store in the ground floor of my house after I retire, 30 years from now.

General plans of a man at retirement age is not to sit at home as their 30-45 years life at work makes them addicted to doing work and sitting idle is not their cup of tea in the later stages. Plans like opening a shop or NGO, going for tours, doing social service and helping his wife at home are done prior to the retirement.

Wives are lifetime companions so men feel that the need to be with them is a must. Wife is the only right hand supporter of a man at each and every stage of life. Anita, a house wife says, “ My husband has struggled a lot to get this status in the society and I have always supported him. Now its his time to pay me back not with money but with his precious time which was not for me till now!"

Your life at the retirement age re starts! Quality time with your partner, kids, parties, meeting friends, vacations and relaxation are most important tasks of retired people. It is the time to see what your kid is doing in life in terms of career. To let your child serve your plate with happiness and fulfill your needs which he/she had since childhood when they saw you struggling.

Life in the retirement age begins with activities which bound you when you were busy earning money. It is a time to think about yourself. Raju, an employee says, “ I am waiting to retire, to live a life which I led in my childhood. My retirement planning is to experience a tension free world and dedicate myself to my family."

Your pension plans will make you feel with pride as even after being jobless you don't need to rely on someone. Retirement planning, are therefore done at an early stage to leave a life of leisure and relaxation.

So, what is your plans for the retirement age?