how to make sure your retirement does not equal mental death

How to Make Sure Your Retirement

Mental

Death

EqualNotDoes

Pick a problem and try to solve itIt doesn't have to be your own problem It can be any problem

Take up a new hobby Or take an existing hobby to a new level

Bring music into your life Go to more concerts Learn to play a new instrument Learn to play more complicated piecesOr study music to learn new concepts

Advance your skills If you've never cooked before, learn to cookIf you cook, learn new ways of cooking

TravelDiscover new placesNew SoundsNew SightsNew SmellsNew Food

Contemplate the big questions in lifeWrite your thoughts about them

Rediscover a childhood passion – TheaterDancingBikingWhatever

Reconnect Connect with old friendsConnect with old coworkersConnect with relativesConnect with your kids

Get involved in politics Think about political issuesEvaluate the candidatesMake your citizenship count

Get involved in educationBecome involved in the personal development of another human beingMentorChange lives

Go back to schoolTake online classesLearn a languageChallenge yourself

Learn to do things for yourself If you've never done your taxes before, learn to do your taxesOr understand how they are done

Improve your personal finance knowledgeLearn about taxesLearn about stocks and bonds Learn about investing in hard assetsLearn about credit and borrowing

Keep on your toesPlay gamesPlay SudokuPlay Ken KenPlay Merriam Webster Scrabble OnlinePlay poker or chess

Play Word GamesPlay Number GamesPlay Memory gamesThe more challenging the better

UnretireTake up a jobCreate or join a non-profitStart a business

Join or start a Book ClubA Movie ClubAn Investment ClubExchange ideas to develop your thinking and keep your mind buzzing

WriteWrite a journal Write a blogWrite stories. Write articlesWrite letters for your children to read after you are gone

 You may no longer have a payee id, or an employee numberBut you still have a human id

And you are one of the 7.4 billion people still alive on the planet

Make that human id count

Thank You.This presentation was written and created by Minoo Jha, author of the

Minoo Jha Life Strategies blog, which can be accessed through the

following link:minoojha-actionableideas.blogspot.com