My goal is to ridicule the left in the new year.
“We are the only living creatures...”
At least he didn’t say “animals.”
The key is not goals so much as it is finding/having meaning. A meaningful life may or may not focus on achieving some stated goal, so much as living a certain way. This writer apparently is a box checker, which is fine, but may not be for everybody.
Based on observation of others, what we do when retired must keep us both physically and mentally active in order to get the most longevity. My father and close neighbors lived into their late 80’s and early 90’s by being very physically active. You’ve got to be pain tolerant, that is let no pain put you into that recliner. Once in that recliner you’ve numbered your days.
Easy. If you were CEO of a company, you can use your talents to show your wife how to run the household efficiently. She will love it!
One tip about goal setting for retired people—do not set a goal that can end.
I have a relative who said they wanted to do three very specific (and admittedly challenging) things before they died.
It took years but they accomplished all three things—and died just a few days after the last goal was accomplished.
Do not do that!
I wonder if psychobabblers know they are psychobabbling.
The author threw in "spirituality" at the very end, maybe as an afterthought. Yet he used the philosophical term, "teleology", which denotes thoughts around the concept of "where is this existence stuff destined?".
How can one assert the concept of teleology without making the God of the Bible the be all and end all of one's purpose in life, in retirement, or in workaday life?
I suppose it's possible to deliberate on these matters in a strictly secular fashion. But, as Solomon so astutely observed, it would only result in "vanity and striving after wind".
That's all I have to say about that.
“How to Find and Maintain Purpose in Retirement”
One has a lifetime to do that through developing hobbies and interests. Just like one has a lifetime to save for retirement.
I knew what I was going to do in retirement when I was 16 years old. I was lucky and I praise God for that good fortune.
And just how does this "human behavioralist" know this? He's wallowing in his shallow anthropocentrism.
For we know, bears getting ready to hibernate might look forward to the warm spring sunshine and finding a mate.
Migrating birds in Canada might envision themselves lounging around the Florida waterways.
I never retired.
I have this list for when I retire:
Exercise every day
Learn to draw expertly
Learn another language
Take a writing course
Learn gardening
Master a 3D application
Write Letters
Be a driver for veterans
Write ten songs
Learn to play violin
Learn to play piano
Learn how to use a firearm competently
Learn Celestial Navigation
Bake bread expertly
Render computer training and troubleshooting to those in need of it
Learn how to make a shirt
Throw a costume party
Serve as a historic docent or guide
Learn to play the drums
Sing with other people
Learn how to make castings
Carve wooden birds
Learn woodblock printing
Get a Blue Jay to eat from my hand
Obtain a non-IT job and perform it competently
Build a homemade mobile solar power unit
Keep bees
Make good pasta sauce
Write a series of short stories
Build a Remote Control plane
My goal is to find and develop the finest tomato with the best disease resistance for my area.
My life has been WONDERFUL! since retiring!
Retirement is supposed to be for enjoyment. Not working toward goals everyday. I’m exhausted just reading his article.
My goal for today is to get everything packed in the truck and get to our rural compound by dark so we can eat tacos and drink wine. 😉
I’m retired. My goal is to manage my finances well so I never have to say, “welcome to WalMart.”
My retirement goal is to swim in the Ocean everyday. I’m practicing for retirement while still employed.
I’m a retired (2009) university prof and have discovered I’m very good at it! I love writing and continue to write books and articles, mostly about my hobby (amateur radio). My one suggest for those who are new to retirement: keep your work-life early-morning routine. For me, that’s a shower and shave before breakfast. Simple idea, but I find that I’m more active when I do that. Otherwise, I tend to stay in the house and feel kinda lazy all day. Try to get outside each day, meet friends for lunch, take an adult education class, try something new that sounds interesting. I’ve discovered I really enjoy cooking...who knew?
Mookbark for later read.
I worked from Oct 1981 to Jan 2024 without a break. I retired for 9 months and then went back to work part-time until they could find a replacement for me. We made a job offer last week to the only qualified applicant only to discover they were ineligible to work (visa). I told my wife “We are going to pile up money and then do something with it”.
Go talk to the GenZ and Millia losers who just go along to get along.
Get a useless degree (why? Dunno — I was told to), run up debt (why? Dunno,I was told it was OK), etc etc.
Most got in and out of Uni with a useful degree and are paying it off.
Not these parasites, tho.