Extra Time in Retirement
Extra Time in Retirement
Extra time in retirement? Hey, what should you do? Hey, thanks for tuning in to this quick little segment. I’m just a reminder of when you have extra time. If you want to create that extra time, how do we connect purpose to it so that we can enjoy longer, healthier, happier lives? And so we did some. We’re constantly in this retirement game of helping people retire well, and there’s a lot that goes into that. And so what I wanted to do is just to kind of summarize it in three quick little reminders and just throw some of the stuff that we get to see honestly, on a daily basis. You know, we watch people that are doing these kind of things and they are happy and healthy. Okay. And then we, you know, are watching people that maybe don’t do those. And now we have to start coaching them into some of these opportunities, because having this happy, healthy, wealthy life, is is important not only for you but all the people in your influence. Okay. So the first thing is stay socially connected. Faith, family, friends. What they they’ve done credible amount of studies that say people that have strong social connections actually have the, best probability that there is genuine joy in their life. Okay. And so if you’re a part of a faith organization, diving into that with your extra time, if you have family, making sure that you never go too long without those touch points. And we’re not talking social media, we’re talking social connection here. Okay. This is the one on one. The intimate kind of conversations and and friendships that you, you need to spend time on. I heard a line one time, I’ll never forget it. They said good relationships are not efficient. I was quickly reminded of that I went hunting, my friend, took my son Micah and I hunting and, hunting takes some time. That is not an efficient process. And I was just so appreciative of him being so willing to, you know, give up so much of his time. And so, you know, now our friendship is that much deeper because there wasn’t that point of trying to make things super efficient and get it done. That doesn’t work in healthy relationships. And then the other thing about that social connection is it’s quality over quantity. Okay. You know, in Young Life we learned that there there could be one caring adult. That’s all. It took one caring adult to change a kid’s life forever. You show up, you win the right to be heard. But it’s quality over quantity. Okay? The next thing is that regular physical activity. Just move, okay? And there’s so many opportunities out there. Your list of northern Michigan outside activities, you know, pickleball is bringing some of those activities inside the that that sport is blowing up. And I know why people love it. They get to move. They get to be socially. They get to be active. They get to be competitive. But, you know, maybe go bowling. I mean, you could go snowshoeing, snow skiing, snowmobiling. There’s so many opportunities in our beautiful northern Michigan. To get outside, to move, to exercise, get a part of, you know, some regular exercise because that’s going to increase your longevity that, increases your well-being of how healthy and, you are. And so the studies prove that moving every day, even if it’s a little bit it’s consistency, you know, over the amount, actually. Okay. Then the third one is that purposeful, activity, if you want my favorite line, find a mission other than yourself. That is the only way, I think, to find real joy that the world and people can never take away. When you just give it away and. And so finding those missions, that unique genius that you were created to be and who you are, okay, when you use that for something other than yourself, bigger than yourself, there is a legacy that will never die. So that’s a nice, a nice one. Being a lifelong learner. Right. Have get excited about, get curious about, get optimistic about. Hey, I don’t know what that is. I would like to learn more about that. And I have this extra time in retirement. I’m going to go tackle that. You have a hobby. You have something that you’ve been delaying. Okay, while you’re working, and now you’re going to go tackle that and become a master, a genius at that. You know, those kind of things. Looking forward is, another, predictor of a successful retirement. And then, you know, what my wife and I have been doing is we’ve been trying to define one calendar year defining activity, for instance. Okay, in 2020, we went on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic with my twins. Okay, the four of us went so 2020, you know, I had some other things there, but we defined it as the mission trip to the Dominican. This last year and 2025, we went out to Jackson Hole in Yellowstone. And so by looking forward and saying, yep, I’m have one clear adventure. It could be at whatever scale.