What are the crucial ingredients for a successful next chapter in your life adventure?
Here we define the five pillars of success, the five things we believe you need to be able to live life to the fullest. They are:
Physical health and financial resources are the basic necessities. It’s challenging to have a quality life without physical health and financial resources, at least enough to enjoy your life and pay your bills.
A satisfactory home is also great to have, since you’re no longer working and will spend more time at home than you did previously. Many people change to a new home or even move across the country or overseas after retirement.
A fulfilling lifestyle and spiritual health are often overlooked, but they are as crucial to happiness as the other aspects. Many people lose their sense of identity and purpose when they leave the workforce. Without these, many people experience anxiety and depression. But there are many ways to regain your sense of purpose and usefulness.
Ideally, you will want to have at least a plan for obtaining and keeping these five things before you enter retirement. However, many people find their needs change as they go through their retirement years.
These pages are intended to offer general guidance for each of these essential ingredients of success.