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Reviewed By: Laura Martin,
SOURCES: 2009 WebMD Medical Reference from Medstar Television. Mary DiGiacinto, Retirement Coach, University of Maryland, Baltimore.
© 1999-2011 Medstar Television
The first thing I'm gonna do is turn the alarm clock off.
When Shanna Strickland decided to retire after 36 years with The University of Maryland, she was filled with mixed emotions.
It was excited, but I was still apprehensive and nervous about, you know, life after retirement, leaving my coworkers, you know, leaving what I knew.
So after the 57-year-old talked it through with her husband, she asked the school's retirement coach for advice in planning the next stage of her life.
Most folks have thought about they're gonna enjoy it, but they haven't thought about how am I going to look at myself and how am I gonna define myself once I'm not working anymore?
Do you want to fill your day with volunteer work? Cultivate a hobby? Travel, babysit the grandkids or start a second career?
You know one or two years is one thing, but if you think about retirement being a 15 to 25 year segment of your life, then you would think about approaching it in a different way.
Mary recommends you identify your strengths and how you want to use them. And pay attention to your health.
Maintaining our physical well-being to the max that we can is critical to getting the max out of life, period.
Shanna says the pep talks from her coach helped direct her through unfamiliar territory.
Change is good. And I'm excited about it.
For WebMD, I'm Damon Meharg.
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