Life beyond Superannuation
Hariram Krishnan
Mentor & Executive Coach(ICF CERTIFIED), Engage, Enable...Empower, Former MD - Galderma India, Mentor to CEOs across a few sectors Certified NLP practitioner.
Nearing retirement: Get ready to shift gears...Based on my personal experience
Reaching retirement is a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, after decades of following other peoples’ rules, there is a sense of relief that you will finally get to live the way that you want to.
On the other hand, it’s easy to feel lost, fearful or sad when reaching this important milestone. You know logically that you are retiring from work, not life, but, it doesn’t always feel like that.
Your age is just a number, and what you do at the retirement stage is entirely up to you and your specific situation.
Sit down with your family and your financial adviser and decide what you want retirement to look like.
Unlike the earlier days, there are many people today who plan to continue working at least part-time past the age of 60.
For most of these individuals, this intention is driven by choice rather than necessity. So is mine.
If you are nearing retirement and already have one foot out the door, don’t forget that working past retirement age doesn’t have to mean working in the same job nor it has to be the same 9 to 5 one.
You might take your current skills, you may acquire new skills and start working for a nonprofit or learn something new and switch fields entirely.
Whatever you want to do, some planning ahead of time will help you land the assignments you want.
When it comes to your retirement, ignorance is most certainly not bliss.
Do resolve to write a script for your second act.