Product Description

When you retire, you'll have 45-50 a hours week of extra free time. Even the most absorbing hobbies and interests are unlikely to fill that gap. If a job is what gave you your life structure, you'll need to replace that structure in retirement. Your happiness depends on understanding your own needs and structuring both time and activity to meet those needs. People's definitions of a successful retirement will differ. If you have financial freedom, you may want to get the most out of your new found leisure time, pursue new interests or hobbies, and maybe do some voluntary work. For others, it may be an opportunity to start your own business or a new career. Whatever your goal, retirement needs careful planning in order to make it a fulfilling and rewarding phase of your life. This book shows you how to turn retirement into a new lease of life. You'll find tried and tested templates which you can adjust according to your own inclinations and needs to produce a master plan for a successful and rewarding journey into the third age. It shows: how to set goals for your new way of life; why it's never too late to learn something new; how the internet can open new vistas; how volunteer or part-time work can be beneficial; participating in volunteer work; taking the hobby route to self-actualisation; starting a business for fun or profit; toning up for a healthy lifestyle; and, how to get the best out of travel in retirement.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #326812 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-17
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 258 pages

Review
"'I finished reading this book at 4am this morning and felt I had to write and say thank you for such a detailed guide to retirement. I shall read the book again and recommend it to my friends.' A reader from Northumberland"

From the Author
When I retired I had no notion of the keys to enjoying a fulfilling and enriching third age. For the first few months I drifted around aimlessly and then one winter’s evening as I gazed at the rain lashing against the window of my living room I thought, "Is this it? Is this the way I’m going to spend the rest of my life, with nothing to do and nowhere to go?"

That was my wake-up call and enough to goad me into action on establishing some initial hazy goals and creating a plan of action for fulfilment. It was sometime later before I stumbled across the keys but not too late to make vital adjustments.

You won’t have that problem because with a copy of "Your Retirement Masterplan" to hand before you begin your preparations for a happy and successful retirement you will already be in possession of the essential keys that open the doors to third age enrichment.

Jim Green

From the Inside Flap
When you retire you'll have 45-50 hours a week of extra free time...

Even the most absorbing of hobbies and interests are unlikely to fill that gap. If a job is what gave you your life structure, you'll need to replace that structure in retirement. Your happiness depends on understanding your own needs and structuring both time and activity to meet those needs.

If you have financial freedom, you may want to get the most out of your new found leisure time, pursue new interests or hobbies, and maybe do some voluntary work. For others, it may an an opportunity to start your own business or a new career. Whatever your goal, retirement needs careful planning in order to make it a fulfilling and rewarding phase of your life.

This book shows you how to turn retirement into a new lease of life.

SET GOALS FOR YOUR NEW WAY OF LIFE
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW
USE THE INTERNET TO OPEN UP NEW VISTAS
HOW VOLUNTEER OR PART-TIME WORK CAN BE BENEFICIAL
ENJOY A FULFILLING HOBBY
START A BUSINESS FOR FUN OR PROFIT
TONE UP FOR A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
GET THE BEST OUT OF TRAVEL IN RETIREMENT

JIM GREEN created his own retirement masterplan when he retired some years ago. Now in his seventies he enjoys running his own internet business as well as having a rich family and social life.

Customer Reviews

Such a Detailed Guide!
I finished reading this book at 4am this morning and felt I had to write and say thank you for such a detailed guide to retirement. I shall read the book again and recommend it to my friends.

STILL YOUNG AT HEART
iFOUND THIS BOOK TO BE VERY HELPFUL .IT HELPS TO PUT AWAY THE MYTH THAT ONCE YOU RETIRE YOU JUST SIT AROUND DOING NOTHING BUT JUST WATCH TV AND GO TO BINGO ALL DAY .THIS BOOK GOES TO PROVE THAT YOU CAN STILL ENJOY LIFE AFTER 60 .