Retirement is not always what we believe it to be

Retirement is a fantastic privilege if you know what to do with it

Every day we dream to do, what we want to do, when we want to do it. But when we arrive at this possibility, we don’t know what we really want.

Retirement is the last stretch of life.

Be optimist, getting older is nothing less than a bad habit, that a busy person doesn’t have the time to work on.

For many years, you dream of a different and better life, to have more time for yourself and grow to be a better person. Finally, the moment is here and you feel so lost so dispossessed that you risk missing what you wish for.

I remember I was writing the letter confirming the day  I was to retire. when suddenly, memories that go back forty years suddenly came back to me…. Its four in the afternoon , school is out, God bless vacations! its the month of June, and to clearly indicate the beginning of summer , the sun is shinning brightly. Students, have just finished there classes they’re exited, free, happy, and relieved that school is over. Its the  beginning of  the summer vacations.

Remember the feeling of freedom at the beginning of the summer holidays. We all saw this period of our lives in the same way,  a time of pleasure, of fun, and adventure.

I was still a kid, I had barely finished my third grade, when this reality hit me: Summer holidays will always end. September will always return.

I was preparing my retirement when all this jogged my memory. For the first time of my life, I was facing this new possibility, this time the summer vacations may not end.

Surprisingly I realized for the first time, September would be back, as usual. But me, I would never return in this place where I’ve worked for so many years. Others would replace me, and life will go on.

We often see retirement as a time of pleasure, of rest and the ultimate fulfillment of a life. But truthfully, you must prepare your retirement, plan it so you become familiar with it, this way you’ll live it better. Retirement has its requirements. You must know them to cope with them. What I mean is, this part of your life needs for you to have a vision, an open mind, because, reality is not always what we believe it to be.