Abraham Lincoln once said, “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” According to Henry Ford, “If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t, you’re right.” Your mind is very powerful and will impact
the life you lead in retirement.
Thousands of working
Canadians look forward to the day they can retire. These people believe that on this particular
day, they will walk through some imaginary door to freedom and happiness. They will be free to do as they please and because of this, each and
every day forward will be a day of bliss.
I find it interesting that
so many people see retirement this way.
Although I agree that they will be free to do as they please, what makes them feel that they will
really be happy? Like most new things,
once the novelty of being retired wears off, will the happiness not wane as
well?
Brendon Burchard, a person
I consider to be one of my mentors, has said that happiness isn’t something you have but something you
generate. You choose to be happy by
consciously directing your mind in a positively engaged manner. He says that you create happiness for yourself by focusing your
attention on those
things that are new and fresh, that provide challenge, that allow you to express yourself
creatively, and that see you relating to, and among, people.
When you see retirement as
“the” time of freedom and happiness, you are cheating yourself out of being
free and happy during your working years. You are not
supposed to postpone your happiness to sometime in the future. Be happy and free in the present. Make the decision to enjoy life today before
you retire and figure out what it is that you actually enjoy.
By doing so, you will be creating the early stages of your “Retirement
Life Plan”.
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