Why Men Struggle In Retirement

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074A{TN}NE Men's 5 Biggest Challenges When Retiring

[bartvouis]

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[JosephFusco]

I've been retired for twenty months. A soft suggestion: it's not necessarily about finding "another mountain to climb." This may actually lead to disappointment. A great outlook to have is to find a role where you can help others climb their mountains.

[keithgormley]

Been retired for two years, no struggle. Peace and tranquility.

[jeffraines]

As long as there is YouTube I will never be bored in retirement😂

[timpczman]

"as you get older, someday is today!" so true for us late 50s guys.

[Jimwood-ttje]

I retired over 19 years ago at age 54. The only time I struggled in retirement was right after I retired when I kept asking myself, “Why did you wait this long to retire.
I have loved retirement and for me it was never a hard transition to go from working for over 30 years to not working.

[polaridoo]

At 52 years of age I can tell you that I am not struggling with retirement. The only struggle that I have is wishing that I could retire today.

[richardross]

I lost my identity as a wage slave 2 weeks after my 60th birthday. That was 8 years ago September 1st. I highly recommend this retirement job!!!!😊

[Aldo-dz]

The problem with retirement is everyone keeps saying how are going to keep busy and what hobbies do you have? Who the hell is busy all day long? No one is that’s who

[niknah]

Here we have a place called Men's Shed for retired men to hang out.

[drumsnbass]

Retired at 48 yrs old. Never looked back. Became super interested in markets & economics. Took up riding motorcycles. Even post-divorce, still good.

[vinylEarthlink]

My job was always just a way to earn a living - there were many other things I'd rather be doing. When I retired, I just started doing them.

[jimv]

After 20 years in corporate engineering I got a new job in a totally different field. This role was remote work with no meetings and totally independent work.

I now see this current job as a way to slowly ease into retirement.

[LopezJoyce]

I will be forever grateful to you, you changed my entire life and I will continue to preach on your behalf for the whole world to hear you saved me from huge financial debt with just a small investment, thank you Katherine Flores.

[flythenride]

So true about men and friends. My late best friend always said that “Women just need a place and Men need a reason“ to get together.

[viseerrdentsawl]

I have lost many friends since the pandemic. Some to we just stopped hanging out and haven’t reconnected, and a few have passed on. I am work-from-home, so I really have no work friends I would miss. There was a book “Bowling Alone” which talked about how community engagement has declined over the last several decades.

[TheHavocdog]

I was a high earner of senior management. But I was nearly burned out. I proposed to my general manager that I would take a 20% pay cut but then only work 4 days instead of 5. I wanted to do this for the next 2 to 3 years. My intent was to slowly ease into retirement by taking more time off to develop my none existant hobbies.
My general manager wanted nothing to do with it and said he needed me too much.
Since he was not open to helping me, I decided to retire at that time with 60 days notice. I was 63.
I encourage companies to help people to transition into retirement.

[redsky]

Men struggle in retirement? I retired at age 59, I am now 73 and it was one of the best things I ever did.

[mrb]

Azul, please weed out these BOT threads that keep cropping up in your comments section. They are ruining the conversation. Thank you.

[edwardgh]

It’s unfortunate, but things don’t always go as planned. I Took a layoff in early 2020 and then got really, really sick with cancer. Major chemo, BMT and three years of maintenance infusions, I’m almost four years cancer free. Your health, faith, family, friends and neighbors are what matters in life.