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After the Rat Race, What Next?
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Tip #7 Be Patient
Schlossberg points out that retirement is one of life's biggest transitions. You can't expect to adjust overnight. Burnham agrees, adding that you should allow yourself time to mourn the job -- and the attendant status -- you've left behind. "It's going to take time to restructure your life," Schlossberg says. "See it as part of your evolving career -- it's a career change."
Tip #8 Get Started -- Now
Barnett, who parlayed her experience as an educator into her retirement career as a coach, says she started planning her retirement a decade before it happened. "Way before you leave [your job], really look at the kind of life you want to live. How healthy do you want to be? Ten years out, start working on your health so you'll have energy and a strong immune system" when you retire. "Get in touch with whatever spiritual life you want to have. Get to know yourself, who you are, not what you do." It's a long, involved process, Barnett advises: Give yourself time.
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