Grugger’s Way

Before I retired two years ago, I never even thought about the word FAILURE applying to retirement.

First, we fail when we forget about diet and exercise and the aging process begins to accelerate and we gain weight, lose muscle tone and generally let ourselves believe that it is inevitable and we can’t do anything about it.

Second, we fail ourselves when we become accustomed to “doing nothing” and by that I mean sitting around watching television during the day, having a beer (or two) with lunch, not getting dressed or taking a shower until late in the afternoon, if at all. You might be able to come up with some of your own examples.

Third, we fail our families when we allow ourselves to become so self-centered, so detached from the adult children and grandchildren that they hardly hear from us or see us anymore. Just at the time when we should have MORE time for family, we often become more remote to them.

Fourth, we fail ourselves when we let our bills pile up or we begin to spend money that we really don’t have. We are setting ourselves up for financial failure that we could avoid with a little good judgment.

I see some of these failures beginning to occur in my life and I have ONLY been retired for two years. Time to recognize that I can do something to turn this around before it is too late.

I realized there was some fear of failure when I blogged nearly a year ago about failure being a retirement danger, so I see that it only took me a year to know that there were dangers to be aware of. Here is a link to that earlier post:

Click on the “Archive” image above or you can click on this text link: “Retirement Fear SIX - Failure“

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