Early Retirement.

Denis's Story - Part 2.

I questioned what he missed about his former life. “Nothing”! He replied ...“Life was never better”.

We then talked about his daily routine - what he described to me seemed to involve a fair amount of “killing time”.

“I wake at my usual time, 7am, turn on the radio and lie on until about 8am. I love listening to the traffic report!” “A truck is broken down on the M50, avoid it if you can.”

“I have a leisurely breakfast and walk to the shop about 9.30am to collect a newspaper. Then home to listen to the radio ... you would be surprised at how quickly the morning goes. In the afternoon I might go for a walk, a snooze, or go to the movies if the weather is bad. In the evening I might go to the pub for a couple of pints, with no worries about being hung over at work the next day!”

I wished him well and hoped this happy state would last. Here was a man accustomed to status and challenge, with a wide circle of business colleagues, and now ... it seemed to me he had made a radical change to his lifestyle. I hoped he had thought beyond retirement financial planning.

Six months after retirement he was back at work in a related industry! Three months later he was gone from that position.

At that stage he came back to me for Retirement Coaching. Now having “failed” at his first attempt, his was ready to talk about the retirement transition.

The coaching included the use of the Myers Briggs model of personality to help him understand the impact of transitions and the need to plan for retirement in a way that reflected his interests and preferences.

We saw each other over a 3 month period - and Dennis went on to carve out a whole new "Retirement Career" with a mix of business mentoring, creative hobbies and community involvement!

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