Get Ready For Retirement

Retirement is an opportunity to re-think your life and do something different. You can find new things to do and explore, do things you’ve been putting off for years and realise that it’s a time to make up for lost time and get on with what you want to do.
Get fit
As you get older you may become prone to illnesses and find that you begin to deteriorate physically and mentally too.  To delay the changes as long as you can it’s important to look after yourself very well and make up for possibly years of lack of self care when you were working.
Exercise every day
Keeping your body moving and your muscles and joints in good condition is vital for remaining fit and well as long as you can. It also helps recovery if you become ill. The best sort of exercise as you get older is walking. If you take a walk most days for about half an hour you will keep your heart beating well and your metabolism at a good rate too. IN addition to walking practicing yoga is also useful because it helps you to relax, and also enables your joints and muscles functioning well. They say that yoga affects your mind too and that a flexible body is related to a flexible mind.
Eat properly
Don’t fall into the trap of living on bread and jam. Eat plenty of healthy foods. If you don’t enjoy cooking  there are day centres which offer activities and a hot meal, there are pubs which have inexpensive meals for pensioners. However it’ not difficult to eat simple things which are healthy and cheap. for example baked beans on toast or baked potato and grated cheese  with salad are healthy and will fill you up and better for you than junk food.
Keep your mind active
You can spend time  reading all those books you never had the time for in the past, joining a class or two to get up to date fore example with computers and the internet. Or join a club which meets socially and has regular informative talks.
Keep in touch  with friends and family
Make regular connections with your friends , those you have now and perhaps some from the past who you have lost touch with. And family too. Make sure you speak on the telephone and visit as often as you can.