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Imagine, the clock reads, 11 pm, when you answer your cellphone. You’re startled. Your heart is pounding in your chest. In your head, “OMG!” you answer, “Is everything okay?” Your adult son replies, Yeah, everything is okay. He laughs, you relax and he continues, you’re so busy that your own child has to wait until bedtime to just say hello.
Some of you may think that a call just to say hello at 11pm is a problem. I say, it’s a good problem to have when you’re transitioning from pre-to post retirement. That says that you were out and about doing interesting and hopefully new things.
In Episode 32 we discussed cultivating community for your social well-being in retirement. Another step as you go from pre to post retirement is to celebrate curiosity, that will lead you to new discoveries and a new you.
Once you retire and the outward trappings of what you did and who you were while doing it go away, you must find other ways of presenting yourself and getting the validation you need.
Look at it as, you’re now a clean slate. You can start over and be whoever you want and do whatever you want. You may even find your true self and like yourself so much that change is not an option. You can now release your inner artist, dancer, jewelry designer, author, singer, small business owner, foster parent or fulfilled grandparent.
Post-retirement is the best time to celebrate curiosity. You now have the time and money to experiment with the various interests and projects that you’ve previously set aside in deference to work.
You may overlap the steps of cultivating community and celebrating curiosity as you re-frame your identity.
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