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What does it mean to live your life with passion and purpose in
retirement? You probably think like I did before diving deeper into the topic. Another "expert" telling me how to live my life?!
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No, this is a fantastic way of finding the correct balance and really finding the true purpose in retirement.
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When entering the retirement phase of life, everything is changing dramatically. After years of 40-plus
something hours per week entirely dedicated to a job, entering retirement is like being hit by a baseball bat in your head.Â
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When finally "waking up" from the headache after the hit, little by little, you notice that this is different.
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No job, no conversation with colleagues, no monthly paycheck…
Many get
frustrated, not because of the change as such but because of the enormous vacuum that suddenly appears in their lives. From one day to another, you have 40-plus hours per week to fill with something.Â
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Sadly, and I have seen it with my own eyes, some people turn their lives into laziness mode, staying in bed until late in the morning and spending their days randomly doing almost nothing.
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Other people get depressed, and some even start to drink excessive quantities of alcohol in search of a purpose in retirement.