Why Continuing to Work Is Good for a Man’s Health
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Why Continuing to Work Is Good for a Man’s Health
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#2Studies of health and activity have started to use accelerometers over the past decade. This has shown that even very modest levels of activity - on the order of washing dishes and puttering around the garden - have a meaningful correlation with health. This is causing something of a rethinking of the lower end of the dose-response curve for exercise.
So when looking at the correlations between retirement and health, I'm inclined to think that physical activity level has a lot to do with it.
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#3As they say in the article, I think many people approach retirement as a cessation.
From what I've seen of my own parents, I hope that retirement for me will be more a change of what I'm working on, and how I work, rather than whether or not I work.
I'm also trying to make those changes now - working on what I want to work on, at a reasonable pace, at the level and times I'm interested. I'd quite happily keep doing this forever.
It's a little frustrating that we reserve "living well and enjoying the fruits of your labor" for aged people - I'd rather enjoy it while I'm still relatively young and healthy, and mix it into my life rather than setting it aside as a separate thing.
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#4This is a concern for me as I consider "early" retirement. I'm not sure what I would do with all that time.
I took a bit of a sabbatical a few years ago and ran into some of the problems described in the article. After a few months, it did have some pretty negative effects on my mental health.
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#5As they say in the article, I think many people approach retirement as a cessation. From what I've seen of my own parents, I hope that retirement for me will be more a change of what I'm working on, and how I work, rather than whether or not I work. I'm also trying to make those changes now - working on what I want to work on, at a reasonable pace, at the level and times I'm interested. I'd quite happily keep doing t…
+1 to this. I plan to retire, or at least semi-retire at some point. To me, that means I'll have more time to do things I want to do that don't necessarily generate income.
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#6As they say in the article, I think many people approach retirement as a cessation. From what I've seen of my own parents, I hope that retirement for me will be more a change of what I'm working on, and how I work, rather than whether or not I work. I'm also trying to make those changes now - working on what I want to work on, at a reasonable pace, at the level and times I'm interested. I'd quite happily keep doing t…
I view retirement mostly as financial freedom. I have every intention of working after retirement as I get personal enjoyment out of doing what I do. I just haven't decided what "work" will look like.
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#7This is a concern for me as I consider "early" retirement. I'm not sure what I would do with all that time. I took a bit of a sabbatical a few years ago and ran into some of the problems described in the article. After a few months, it did have some pretty negative effects on my mental health.
Find a problem to solve in your local community and do what it takes to fix it, no matter how small. You'll learn, do good and get involved with your community more.
I recently took six months off to try and solve some local problems. There hasn't been a dull moment. :)
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#8This is a concern for me as I consider "early" retirement. I'm not sure what I would do with all that time. I took a bit of a sabbatical a few years ago and ran into some of the problems described in the article. After a few months, it did have some pretty negative effects on my mental health.
Open a little shop, work in a bike store or book store, build houses for habitat for humanity, build trails, work for production companies, be a teacher's assistant, be a barista, do all the cool low-paying jobs that you couldn't afford to do before.
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#9This is a concern for me as I consider "early" retirement. I'm not sure what I would do with all that time. I took a bit of a sabbatical a few years ago and ran into some of the problems described in the article. After a few months, it did have some pretty negative effects on my mental health.
Find a problem to solve in your local community and do what it takes to fix it, no matter how small. You'll learn, do good and get involved with your community more. I recently took six months off to try and solve some local problems. There hasn't been a dull moment. :)
What kind of problems were you working on?
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#10I'm thinking I'll code till the day I die. So much cool tech is always coming out - so much to play with and invent! I also have very time consuming hobbies - reading, playing video games, pen and paper role playing games, board games.