What Do You Mean You're Not Happy!

Whatever emotional problems you have had during the course of your life tend to continue into the retirement years. If you have not learned to manage your emotions and have generally let them run amuck, they will continue to cause difficulties for you, especially if your life changes as you approach retirement age, lose friends and relatives, change daily schedules upon leaving the work force, and find the need to search for motivation to move forward in your life. If depression has been an issue in early years, it often follows you into retirement. If you have had difficulty finding the key to that illusive thing called happiness, chances are you will not magically find it in retirement, even though many of us think retirement may be the panacea that will solve many of our problems! If emotional issues can be addressed before this period of your life, it makes the transition to retirement much easier and smoother.