I'm officially retired...for the year. Due to the nature of my job, I have about 2 to 3 months of relatively free work. It's my eat-grass season and my winter month. This obviously affects my income, because I'm probably earning like 20% of my 'normal' months. Every year, I'll face this forced retirement and I've come a long way to deal with the uncertainty and the emotions that comes with it. This article will share my thoughts about the emotions of retirement. I must say I've not retired for good, but I've plenty of experience on retirement. All 15 years of it. Strange eh?
The emotions comes in 4 stages:
1. Relief
2. Happiness
3. Guilt
4. Resolution
I'll discuss a bit more in detail for each stages now:
1. Relief
I've worked very hard for about 10 months of the year, working through the weekend. This year ......