Psychology of Retirement

<p>How can you make the most of retirement? How should you plan for retirement? What are the challenges of retirement and how can they be dealt with?</p><p>This new edition of <i>The Psychology of Retirement</i> looks at this life stage as a journey that involves challenges opportunities setbacks periods of disenchantment and often exciting new beginnings. Updates include a new chapter on the ‘old age’ stage of life as well as end-of-chapter tips and things to think about case studies of retirees and pre-retirees and new statistics including the effects of COVID and homeworking. Taking a positive approach the book explores how retirement provides opportunities to cultivate new friendships interests and hobbies consolidate and renegotiate long-held ones and even re-invent oneself in a post-work environment. It also emphasizes the value of pre-retirement planning and the importance of establishing new goals and purposes.</p><p>Retirement can be a period of significant psychological growth and development and <i>The Psychology of Retirement</i> shows how it can herald the beginning of a vibrant and active stage of life.</p>