It may be that the transition from full time work to full
time retirement is too big a change to complete in a single step. Some people
consider changing from full time work to part time work to ease themselves into
retirement, others can’t wait to stop working. But, to help fill those
retirement days, here is a list of the 10 most popular things that retirees do.
1. Travel, one activity that a lot of retirees
engaged in is travel, especially as they now have the time available. Not being
constrained by the demands of work, you may find that you could take advantage
of low cost deals by travelling out of peak periods of the year and avoiding peak
days of the week.
2. Go back to education, keeping the mind fit is as
important as keeping the body fit and learning a new skill or language or even
taking a degree course are all possible. As they say, study is its own reward.
3. Get a part time job, start a business, a number of
retirees say that they miss the social interaction of the workplace and feel
isolated, so why not find a part-time job in an area of interest, or even take
on the challenge of starting a new business.
4. Write a book, not an easy task, as one author said
writing a book was a bit like carving a statue out of a block of stone, but who
knows you could be the next J K Rowling?
5. Gardening, there is something very satisfying
about gardening, a bit like painting with plants and flowers, it also gets you
out in the fresh air and is a good form of exercise with all of the bending up
and down.
