When you reach the time to retire it is important to look at your life as if from the outside and re-assess where you want it to take you from now onwards.
Your life involves others not just you so whatever you wish to do it may also affect not only you but your partner, your friends and family and your community too.
As to what you decide to do after you have let go of the work routine is to a large extent up to you. It may be related to a long forgotten hobby which you wish to take up again or you might want to pursue other interests which you had no time to take part in when you were busy at work.
You might also realise that as you get older your health and well-being becomes even more important and that this is the time to look at your lifestyle in relation to your state of health and wellness and deciding what you must do now to increase your chances of a healthy old age.
As always it is about balance. There has to be a balance between what you do only for yourself and what you do because of pressure from others.
If you can balance both of these demands on your time and energy so much the better for you. However if not be aware of your own internal reactions to doing those things you love to do against doing something because of an obligation. If the latter leaves you feeling drained or stressed then it is very important to confront this and make adjustments so that whatever you do generally gives you a feeling of excitement and anticipation.
Set yourself clear goals you wish to work towards. Visualise what your life will look like when you achieve these. Listen to the positive reactions of others when you succeed and notice how you feel when you know you are doing what you love to do.
Do the visualisation every day without fail. The best times are possibly just as you wake or as you fall asleep at night. Get yourself prepared in this way to step into your new life! Because when you do this regularly then your subconscious mind enables you to make the necessary adjustments to eventually be able to achieve what you really want to succeed in doing during your retirement years.
