A lot of people who retire quickly realize that they don’t have enough to fill all the free time in the day. Boredom can quickly creep in and that can have a serious impact on your mental health. When you become less and less active, your cognitive abilities might begin to decrease as well.

That’s why we talk to retirees all the time about having a plan for how you’ll spend your time and who you’ll spend it with. In this episode, we’re going to talk to Mom about her transition to retirement and what her and dad did early on to stay busy right away and avoid this trap of becoming bored.

We can discuss it over and over during the planning process, but until you’re experiencing that next phase of life, you just don’t know how prepared you’re going to be. Today’s discussion will provide you with some practical advice from someone who is enjoying retirement right now.

Here is some of what we’ll cover in this episode:

• What they did to stay busy right away in retirement.
• How to gain the confidence to be active and spend money.
• Taking steps to get more interaction and involvement with the community.
• Preventing your health from deteriorating quickly in retirement.
• Her advice for preparing emotionally for that next phase of life.

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