rousing applause and the seminar moderator came over and shook my hand enthusiastically. I tend to think the feeling of the seminar delegates was one of relief – relief that they could look forward to the prospect of still having a busy, active and rewarding life even after they turn 70.
By the time you have finished this book you will be a long way down the track to creating in your mind a personal life plan that suits and expresses your natural lifelong desires, passions, talents and potential. It will contain a harmonious mix of purpose, development, challenge and, through it all, a sense of enjoyment and fulfilment unique to you. The big difference to similar past plans is that you will have come to a satisfying conclusion in your mind on the true nature and role of work – full-time or part-time, paid or unpaid – in your life and whether or not it really constitutes a key part of your continuing search for life satisfaction and contentment. This sort of planning represents a major shift from the traditional “retirement plans” that have tended to be almost totally influenced by financial planning, as distinct from what you are going to do with life after age sixty. The approach being outlined to you here is based on positive thinking, your strengths, talents and untapped potential that enables you to gleefully look forward to the opportunities of the future.
Reflections on the past will of course always retain their place of importance in your life, as they rightly should, the further you go along your life’s journey. But such reflections need no longer be seen solely as wistfully reviewing happier times. Reflection also has an important role to play in formulating your desires and decisions on ways in which you want your life to keep on growing.
It isn’t just about you of course. Family and all those people you have loved being with outside of your working life assume a new significance. They can still be the strength of your life, people who will always love and respect you. They are likely not only to encourage you to get out there and enjoy life, they may actually be relieved and delighted to see you do so. They want you to live a long, healthy and happy life and be their strength for many more years to come. They certainly don’t want you to be bored, listless and frankly a pain in the whatever.
Ok that’s enough to get your thinking started and your creative juices flowing. Let’s have some fun planning for a life that should essentially be fun, enjoyment and pleasure. Yes including some laughter and frivolity but, more importantly, a life of continuing purpose, value, stimulation, satisfaction, a life that enables you to continue being the person of worth that others have always appreciated about you.
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