Retirement: Happily Ever After? Whose Routine is it Anyway?
Updated: 9 hours ago
You and your partner are elated, excited and energized to be leaving your fulltime careers! And you agree on this wholeheartedly! Totally on the same page! Until you’re not.
Yes, BUT!
What’s happening now that you’re both retired? Are your energy levels mis-matched? Is one of you an early-early bird while the other is rising after nine or ten?
Is one a major news junkie consumed by their iPad for hours? Meanwhile, the other is ready to connect with friends, neighbors or relatives at a breakneck speed to make up for all the missed engagements during the working years.
And what if one of you is thinking, “Peace, just peace would be nice. Oh, and a locked door.
Sound familiar?
So Much for Tandem Daydreams
What about all that together-time you pictured? What about those empty-nest moments that you imagined with relish now that your home is, well, empty? You thought there would be balance, fairness, equanimity. Surely, your ebbs and flows magically match your partner’s, right?
Yeah, no.
Here’s the good news: This is NOT a crisis! It’s a new beginning.
An adjustment, for sure! Disorienting? Yup.
Trouble in paradise? Probably not!
This is the person you promised to love, honor and cherish and now suddenly you feel offbeat, on shaky ground, at odds over things that never seemed to matter quite so much.
Welcome to the growing pains of retirement!
Find your Retirement Rhythm
Let’s turn “What happened to our retirement dream?” into “How can we design this next chapter as our best one yet?”
Reach out and learn how retirement coaching can help you and your partner move from mismatched expectations to a more connected and fulfilling retirement together.
Question: What’s been your biggest surprise about retiring together? I’d love to hear your story!
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