{"id":11673,"date":"2024-05-03T16:41:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T23:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=11673"},"modified":"2025-04-25T15:30:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T22:30:15","slug":"lessons-learned-from-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2024\/05\/03\/lessons-learned-from-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons Learned from Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sheila Kun RN, BSN, MS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Time flies; it has been two years since I retired in 2022 after being a pediatric nurse for 46 years. I had been reading on how to grow old gracefully and how to structure this phase of my life from my work with the Care Ministry. Looking back, I probably had entered this part of my life with a little bit of anxiety, but I read and armed myself with \u201call the right things to do for retirement.\u201d Actually, there is no one way to approach or manage our retirement. Your choice is just as good as mine. But there are a few tips that seem to work for the majority of people. So, what have I learned? Let me see if you agree with the following observations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Accept that you are no longer in charge of the office or calling the shots on their policy. Let go of your expectations, as no one can do\u00a0exactly\u00a0what you have done.\u00a0If you are still involved with the old company,\u00a0perhaps\u00a0offer insight rather than supervising or criticizing their future.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. It is okay not to have fame and glory.\u00a0As we are being taught from the Bible,\u00a0if we brag about what we did, we will lose points in Heaven.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Now that you have all the time in the world, what are some\u00a0of the things that\u00a0you wanted to do but\u00a0never had\u00a0the time?\u00a0Learn something new; a new language?\u00a0Or\u00a0perhaps\u00a0a new skill that you were never good at?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Maintain contact with those whom you want to associate with. Find time to catch up with classmates, friends and relatives. Enjoy the new re-acquaintance! There is no more excuse not to attend your grandchildren\u2019s games or school activities!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Get involved with social issues that you\u00a0might be able to\u00a0make a difference; this could be charitable work, volunteer service, or activities that could help change lives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Inactivity kills; structure your daily life with more active work than being a couch potato.\u00a0I\u00a0try to\u00a0limit my TV time to avoid chasing after soap operas.\u00a0This\u00a0could be addicting!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Set up goals for the year and, subsequently, goals for the day.\u00a0Doing ordinary things in an extraordinary way\u00a0helps me to enjoy the simple things in life.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Have fun with your new travel plans. Enjoy each one as if this could be your last. (This is so true! How many of you have seen friends or relatives pass away unexpectedly?) Even a minor fall twisting your ankle could interfere with your daily activity, let alone a diagnosis of serious illness.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Stay positive. Be grateful for what you have every day. Be\u00a0grateful\u00a0that your faith has guided you to a much happier outlook on life.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Be helpful to those who need help. Do what you can. It does not have to be a big event. Some words of gentle kindness will go a long way.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Your homework from the Care Ministry this week: Can you think of other helpful tips for retirement?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Love to hear from you: kunlouis@gmail.com <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    By Sheila Kun RN, BSN, MS Time flies; it has been two years since I retired in 2022 after being a pediatric nurse for 46 years. I had been reading on how to grow old gracefully and how to structure this phase of my life from my work with the Care Ministry. Looking back, I probably had entered this part of my life with a little bit … Continuar leyendo Lessons Learned from Retirement<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":11680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678323904,20310044],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-province-care-ministry","category-province-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/screenshot-2023-01-26-140243-3.png?fit=600%2C537&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-32h","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11673"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11703,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11673\/revisions\/11703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}