Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

The retirement transition

It’s the stage of your life to relax, without the daily grind and without commitments. A time to enjoy the spoils of what you’ve worked for decades to accumulate. To chase your unrealised dreams. To travel, to read, to spend time with friends and family.

Well, that’s the plan anyway. But the reality is that retirement is a huge change in our lives and can be fraught with fears and worries.

Life coach Rik Schnabel from Life Beyond Limits says you can expect to cycle through five emotional stages in your journey: planning, excitement, honeymoon and disenchantment, before finally landing on reorientation and stability.

“Small goals are better than none at all. It’s okay to be imperfect

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