4 Couples, 4 Views on Retirement and Their Encore Life Part 1 026
Your Encore Life
English - March 31, 2020 06:00 - 18 minutes - 26.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsSelf-Improvement Education Religion & Spirituality Christianity retirement career encorelife entrepreneur nextstep significance success Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
I hope that you have been able to take something from episodes 24 and 25 and respond in such a way that during this time of uncertainty you have been able to spend time thinking about what this makes possible and how can I respond in uncertain times to move forward, to learn a new appreciation for some of the simpler things in life. It is encouraging to hear how churches have looked outside of their walls to reach people. God is on the move. If you didn’t listen to those 2 episodes I encourage you to go back to them at some point after you have listed to this episode. And if you did but didn’t do the action items, here they are from last week: (1) Write out by hand a note of thanks or encouragement to someone that has added value to you. I’ll bet whoever you choose to write that note to really needs to hear the words you write this week. (2) Do what you can to support local small businesses. They are suffering from this and adjusting the way they do business, such as focusing on take out and delivery and offering online substitutes, such as fitness centers.
For the next few episodes we will be playing and discussing an open conversation that 3 other couples along with my wife and I had while getting together in our North Carolina homes. The discussion was around the difficulties and joys of retirement and what each of the individuals and couples hopes and dreams are for in their encore lives.
In this first episode, we will hear from Tom and Diane. Tom is a longtime successful business man in the construction industry who is seeking an exit plan but struggling to define what that looks like. Diane recently retired from a successful 30 plus year career in the health care industry.
Did you hear the frustrations of not having a defined exit plan from a business and the struggles of the already retired spouse. Did you take note of the changes in the voices as they move from the frustrations they go through to the anticipation of what is to come by living their encore life. Tom doesn’t want to walk away from his God given talents, he wants to use them once he is free from the business by serving others. Diane is finding ways to make her retirement valuable through helping her family, through finding new hobbies and interests, and through being in community with others while she waits for Tom to retire so they can enjoy their encore lives together.
Tom & Diane:
Action Item: If you are in a position where you know you need to move toward retirement but can’t put together an actionable plan, similar to Tom, I have included a couple resources that I encourage you to check out and take one step to get you closer to where you know you need to be.
Next week we will play the conversation from another couple that both ended up retiring earlier than anticipated and how they adapted to an early retirement to live their encore lives.
Resources: