9 Psychology Based Ways To Make Your Retirement Phase A Positive One!!

In psychology we often study transitions in peoples lives whether its from adolescence to adulthood or from parenthood into retirement. Although everyone seeks retirement and plans for it eventually in their lives most do not understand the psychological factors that make for a exciting and emotionally fulfilling permanent vacation from work. These are 9 ways, based on psychology, to make your retirement years the best they can be!

1. Plan For Retirement

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Retirement doesn't happen over night. You need to be financially and mentally prepared to take on this new phase of your life. Good retirement planning can start even as soon as your first full-time job.

2. Ease Into Retirement

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You don't have to change your life over night! Ease into retirement if possible at your job by working part-time. This will help secure you financial in early retirement and give you time to develop plans and relationships for your new life.

3. Retire With Someone

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Humans are social and community oriented animals. Make sure you have relationships in place of people who will emotionally support you and enjoy your company. If your partner is still alive work with them to be able to retire around the same time --humans need people around for their own physiological health.

4. Have A Happy Marriage

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People with unstable marriages and marital problems have significantly more stressful retirements. In retirement your relationships become even more important as you have more time to spend with people and can no longer seek refuge in your work.

5. Physical Health

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Take care of your physical health so you can enjoy the retirement phase of your life. Keep up on your healthcare and in you choose to retire else where find new doctors. If you aren't physically healthy its hard to be mentally health and enjoy life.

6. Financial Health

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This goes hand-in-hand with planning ahead for retirement. Have a solid financial plan set up that will facilitate all the things you wish to do. Financial peace leads to a healthy retirement.

7. Retire From Stress

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Don't be afraid to retire early from your stressful job. Toxic employed environments do more harm than good in preparing you for the peace of retirement. You've suffered the stress job long enough, embrace your emotional well being and retire stress free.

8. Retire On Time

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Retiring too early or too late can make you feel out of sync with the people around you and the family you love. When making a retirement plan talk about the optimal time to retire to ensure you don't get stuck in this root.

9. Retirement The Mindset

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Prepare yourself mentally for the new phase of retirement in your life. Many retirees initially have an empty feeling of what they should do and make of the rest of their years. Follow the things you love or what to explore that will put you in good mental health.