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Retirement As Your New Challenge And Second Opportunity

Retirement as your new challenge becomes more relevant than ever.

To view Retirement as your new challenge hit my head two months ago. Two months ago was my birthday. From one day to another I was officially retired. 65 years!

My inbox is overloaded with offers and discounts; I didn´t know existed. The authorities add me to a new demographic category. As a highly Active senior, you´ll be aware of your new class of citizens. Offers of walking sticks, wheelchairs and similar tools begin to reach your inbox.

Hey! I ran a marathon below 4 hours a week ago. Fortunately, I don´t need a walking stick. Why don´t you give me an exclusive deal on running sneakers, that I consume like crazy?

There are people in my life who call me “Grandpa.” Indeed I am a very proud father and grandfather of three wonderful children and three lovely grandchildren.

Of course, the relation with your family is an important part of your life. You can never deny the different layers of generations. Not long time ago, the grandparent generation was expected to take a backseat and really “retire” from the active working life.

A lot of people still retire the old classical way, and I don´t question the value of such decision. As a senior, you deserve all public service and to live a life you love.

What´s new in the society is the new group of “retired” people who refuse to retire.

Active Senior And Retirement As Your New Challenge

Retirement as your new challenge in life

When searching for the word “retired” in any dictionary, you´ll find more or less the same definition of the word. Let´s take the Oxford Dictionaries as an example. They define “retired” as, “Leave one´s job and cease to work, typically on reaching the normal age for leaving service.”

The retirement of today is not what it used to be, and the reasons can be:

  • Upper age people are much healthier than before, both physically and mentally
  • The pension funds for retired people do not reach the necessary amounts for a comfortable life as retired
  • Nowadays the work is less hard than years back, and do not necessarily require the deserved rest for the body
  • The firm tendency toward a more digitalized world makes it possible for seniors to continue working. You don’t need to show up at a particular office place every morning. It’s possible to work from home and on your terms
  • The sharp line between the words “work” and “free time” is more difficult to define. It becomes harder to define what is work and what isn’t
  • After being active for an entire life, a lot of people cannot switch from working to not working. Often, the social connections are established during the active years of labor. To set an end to “work” can in many cases isolate people from their social network

As the environment is developing, a lot of people don´t feel retirement like the last chapter in their biography. Retirement in the sense of switching from “work” to “no work” is frightening a lot of individuals.

Often the society ignores the life experience of senior people as a strength when thinking about doing business as “retired.” See my article “How To Love Life As A Productive Baby Boomer” from April 28th, 2017.

It All Comes Down To Taking Action

Action and retirement as your new challenge

By quitting the labor market, I can dedicate more time to my other passion, which is running marathons around the world. In fact, I ran both Boston Marathon and London Marathon when 60+ years old and leaving the traditional corporate world.

Being a highly active person, this wouldn’t be possible without balancing the passion for running with the other passion of doing business.

The digital world helps me out. When coming across the Six Figure Mentors, my life as “retired” starts to change completely.

Retirement as your new challenge is all about finding the right balance between your passions.

When reaching the age for retirement, your journey isn’t complete, not unless you want it to be.

With the opportunities through the Internet and all kind of online businesses, you are in charge of the power to continue your personal path as long as you choose to do so.

The online market gives you all the opportunities, difficult to find a few decades ago. Imagine to travel as you like, work the hours you decide and share your new business with your other passions in your life.

Retirement as your new challenge can be something real today and your second chance if you just take the decision to give it a serious try.

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