Your Transition To Retirement Can Be Difficult Without The Desire For Change

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Change doesn't come easy for everyone and that includes our transition to retirement living.  If you feel adverse to changes in your life then retirement could be a difficult transition.  It doesn't make you wrong, foolish or stubborn.  It just means that the routine you've lived by for many years and the activities you've enjoyed may have to meet with some change.  It's just another life challenge.  And, yes, meeting life challenges makes us better people, but how do you make yourself like the changes retirement brings when you're not happy with them?

The way I've found over the years to make changes and receive great benefits from them is to keep my emotions out of the equation of acceptance, enjoyment and flexibility.  Emotions change like the wind, and can negatively cause us to be disappointed with our current conditions. We might feel good about something one day and then feel badly about it the next.  This type of emotional uphevel taints the reality or truth of what we have or have to work with to be happy and at peace.

Everyone should have a means of overriding negative emotions that can steal our ability to build a new life and live it successfully.  It's our emotions that feed our minds with doubt and fear, leading to negative thinking and unstable behavior.  Before one knows it, they're paralyzed to move forward and utilize all the talents and abilities they possess to live productively.

It's also the emotions which keep the heart from feeling the joy retirement can bring and the excitement of rebuilding.   I realize that For some, there is no change or rebuilding as far as retirement is concerned. People who own their own businesses for example or who have been independently wealthy all or most of the lives will continue in the same way as is normal for them, but there are still changes to face that come with getting older.  Transition to retirement for anyone can mean children leaving home and beginning new lives, relationships taking a new turn as spouses spend more time with one another, needing long-term medical care, friendships becoming more long-distance or downsizing one's living accommodations.

 

Transition To Retirement With The Best Qualities

 Taking a little time each day to be at peace will keep your emotions from dominating your mind and heart.  Your intellect will be free to be creative, while your heart will be free to be lead in the best direction with guidance for making the right decisions and knowing who to trust.  This doesn't mean you should be void of emotion, it just means that you should practice using only your best emotions.  Anger, frustration, bitterness, jealousy, hatred, forgiveness and other negative emotions will only make you feel old and selfish, instead of loving and kind.

Taking time to sit in a peaceful spot of your home, patio or even a closet, just to let your emotions be still so that you can take control over your thoughts, allowing only those which are positive to take over your mind about what you want to be and what you have at the moment. These short sessions you spend alone will help you to create positive changes and habits that will help you adjust to change in a positive manner for the rest of your life.

When you transition to retirement living, one of the highlights is having the time to be more introspective about who you are and how you can best treat others, especially your family members.  The more generous you are with your understanding, kindness and compassion, the younger you'll feel and the more vibrant your life will be for others.  These are the productive emotions that will make your retirement years truly golden.

 

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