You’ve spent your life working and are ready to enjoy your retirement. Excellent! So, what’s next? With so many options, it’s worth taking some time to figure out what this exciting new stage in your journey will look like. Here are five ways to enjoy your retirement to the fullest:
Start on your projects
Once they’ve stopped working, many people find themselves with an excess of time and a not enough ideas for how to spend it. This doesn’t have to be the case! Retirement is the perfect time to pursue any interests you hold outside of work. You could use this time to find a new hobby, or follow up on any of the projects you were thinking of doing pre-retirement. If work left you too tired to follow your dream of having a beautiful garden or writing a novel, now’s the time to get started!
Hang out with family and friends
Retirement isn’t the time to isolate yourself. Reaching out to friends and loved ones can take work, but maintaining relationships with people is key to staying happy. Don’t be afraid to contact folks you know and make yourself available to meeting up. You can also cultivate new friendships by joining groups, like a book club or fitness class.
Volunteer your time
For many retirees, volunteering can be a great way to stay active and engaged in the community. Volunteering can have a lot of benefits—it can help you stay social and connected with friends and neighbors, it can give you a sense of purpose, and it can even help keep you mentally and physically healthy.
If you’re looking for ideas, you can search online for causes you feel passionate about, or check your community center or library for flyers for local community organizations.
Get out and travel
You’re free from professional responsibilities and your kids are (hopefully) out of the house—retirement is a great time to break out of your routine and travel. Seeing new places and experiencing novel ways of thinking can give you a whole new perspective on life. Many hotels, resorts and tour providers offer discounts for retirees, making hassle-free vacationing a lot more economical. So, don’t hesitate to start planning that next trip!
Understand your finances
Enjoying your retirement to the fullest requires a firm grasp on your finances. Understand all your sources of income and make sure you’re using your available resources to their fullest. If you have a permanent life insurance policy like whole or universal life insurance, the policy comes with a cash value component that grows over time and can be borrowed against for any reason. This can come in handy during market downturns, when you might not want to withdraw as much from retirement accounts that depend on the market, such as your 401(k) or IRA.
Enjoy yourself
Retirement is an adventure. If you manage your finances effectively, connect with people you care about and stay open to new possibilities, your retirement years can be some of the most meaningful of your life.
The primary purpose of permanent life insurance is to provide a death benefit. Using permanent life insurance accumulated value to supplement retirement income will reduce the death benefit and may affect other aspects of the policy.
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